Johannes Persch

Consumer Autonomy and Vertical Agreements

An Additional Pathway to Understanding EU Competition Law on Vertical Agreements, in Particular Online Sales Restrictions

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Produktbeschreibung

Johannes Persch examines vertical agreements restricting online sales under EU competition law. He analyses practices like total online bans, platform bans and other restrictions on online sales, their legal classification and economic evaluation and discusses whether consumer autonomy may be an additional pathway to understanding the treatment of such agreements under EU competition law. In this regard, he examines whether consumer autonomy can be a valid normative concern under EU competition law and how consumer autonomy, as a goal of competition law, can be operationalized in the context of vertical agreements.

Produktdetails

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• Verlag: Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K / Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 25912
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 311
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9783161646430
• ISBN-10: 3161646436
• Artikelnr.: 75598253

Autorenporträt

Studied law at the University of Mannheim, graduating in 2016; Policy Officer at the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition in the Directorate for Policy and Strategy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
§ 1 Research questions
§ 2 Outline
§ 3 Terminology
§ 4 Basics of behavioural economics
Chapter 1: Treatment of vertical agreements under EU competition law and
economic evaluation§ 1 Current assessment of vertical agreements under EU
competition law
§ 2 Economic evaluation of the EU's current rules on vertical agreements,
particularly on online distribution
§ 3 A comparative perspective: vertical agreements under US law
§ 4 Conclusion
Chapter 2: A different explanation for the EU's stance on vertical
agreements: consumer autonomy?
§ 1 Consumer autonomy as an argumentative force behind the EU's approach to
vertical agreements
§ 2 Consumer autonomy as a goal of EU competition law
§ 3 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Making autonomy workable in the context of vertical agreements
§ 1 How can vertical agreements influence consumer decisions?
§ 2 When do vertical agreements restrict competition based on consumer
autonomy?
§ 3 Implications for EU competition law
§ 4 Conclusion
Summary