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Antitrust World Reports - Professor Keith N. Hylton AntitrustWorldWiki.com is a collaborative database covering antitrust laws around the world. Its purpose is to provide information on the key provisions of antitrust laws in a manner that enables users of this wiki to compare antitrust enforcement regimes around the world. We will expand the site to include new information and to enable users to post comments and observations.

Authors

Keith N. Hylton, a professor of law at Boston University, has published numerous articles in American law journals and peer-reviewed law and economics journals. His antitrust textbook, Antitrust Law: Economic Theory and Common Law Evolution, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2003. View full faculty profile.

Research Assistants

• Sean Miller
• Nicola Leiter
• Achal Oza
• Kaj Rozga
• Jacob Schneider
• Helen Hostetter
• Lynne Myhre
• Katerina Novak
• Marc Shapiro
• Jacqueline Lee

In addition to their own research, some of the authors have relied on translations and additional research by Boston University graduate and law students, especially Dena Milligan and Andrea Tkacikova.

Special thanks to Matt Grayson for designing the site logo.

Suggested Citation Format

[Signal] Keith N. Hylton et al., [article/page/report name], Antitrust World Reports, available at [URL location] [(optional other parenthetical)] (as of [date], [time] GMT).

Examples

• Keith N. Hylton et al., Antitrust World Reports, available at http://antitrustworldwiki.com (as of October 10, 2007, 05:30 PM GMT).
• Keith N. Hylton et al., Country Report: Romania (December 10, 2003), Antitrust World Reports, available at http://antitrustworldwiki.com/antitrustwiki/index.php/Romania_%28December_10%2C_2003%29 (noting Romania's ban on tying) (as of October 10, 2007, 05:30 PM GMT).

Notice on Accuracy of Data

AntitrustWorldWiki.com is a unique research tool. It is designed not for formal publication, but as a means to methodically draw-out factual information regarding the ever-changing body of international competition law. The authors assert only that the data on these pages is accurate to the best of their knowledge. The authors readily welcome and encourage any outside expertise on a particular jurisdiction's formal law or the extent of its enforcement.

Research Support

The authors thank Boston University School of Law and Microsoft Corporation for research support.

Publications Based on this Database

• Keith N. Hylton and Fei Deng, Antitrust Around the World: An Empirical Analysis of the Scope of Competition Laws and Their Effects, 74 Antitrust L.J. 2 (2007). This article is available at http://www.nera.com/extImage/PUB_AntitrustLawJournal.pdf.

Databases Notes

• Authors' Notes
• Index Definitions
• Notes on Scoring

Special Reports

• Predatory Pricing Report
• Competition Enforcement Budgets
• Penalties Report
• EU Competition Law Enforcement: The Pharma Sector Inquiry
• American Legal Perspectives on China’s Landmark Anti-Monopoly Rulings
• Industry Standard Setting and Antitrust

Country Reports

The following data represents a comprehensive survey of current antitrust regimes throughout the world. The original texts of individual statutes in each country were examined for the presence of various elements. Each included country receives an individual report here that indicates the presence or absence of these various elements in the country’s statutes. The presence of an element is accompanied by a short explanation and/or citation to the applicable statute. The elements themselves are defined here. Some definitions are broad and could be divided into subcategories, in these cases, detailed comments are provided. Each report also includes a numerical score for comparison across countries and regions, or for empirical analysis.

Europe: European Union

European Commission Member Countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Europe: Non-European Union

Albania Armenia Belarus Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia Faroe Island Georgia Greenland Iceland Jersey, Channel Islands Macedonia Moldova Norway Russia Serbia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Asia

Azerbaijan Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao PDR Mongolia Pakistan Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam

Central and Southern Africa

Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Kenya Malawi Mali Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Middle East and Northern Africa

Algeria Afghanistan Bahrain Egypt Iran Israel Jordan Morocco Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates

Oceania

Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea

North America

Canada United States

Caribbean

Barbados Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago

Central America

Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama

South America

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Guyana Peru Uruguay Venezuela