This indispensable new Handbook examines both economic and legal aspects of competition policy and industrial organization. It provides a scholarly review of the state-of- the-art regarding economic theory, empirical evidence and standards of legal evaluation. The book aims primarily at furthering our understanding of the interplay between economic reasoning and legal expertise by concentrating on the fundamental issues and principles underlying competition policy. INDICE: Introduction 1. Globalization and the Natural Limits of Competition 2. Efficiency versus Market Power through Mergers 3. Small Firms, Innovation and Competition 4. Trade Policy and Competition Policy: Conflict versus Mutual Support 5. Financial Services: Consolidation and Strategic Positioning 6. Political Economy of Antitrust 7. Dominance and Monopolization 8. Identifying Antitrust Markets 9. Competition Policy versus Regulation: Administration versus Judiciary 10. Competition Policy in a Globalized Economy: From Extraterritorial Application to Harmonization Index AUTORES: D.B. Audretsch, J. Basedow, E. Bond, A. Boot, M. Canoy, P. Geroski, R. Griffith, C. Kirchner, S. Martin, D.C. Mueller, M. Neumann, A. Rathbone, P. Rey, C. Rowley, E. van Damme, J. Weigand