The Relevant Market in International Economic Law : A Comparative Antitrust and GATT Analysis /

• Main Author: Melischek, Christian A., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
• Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law.
• Subjects: International economic relations; Foreign trade regulation; Antitrust law
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Apr 2016).
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (401 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
• ISBN: 9781139381826 (ebook)

This book provides what international trade law has hitherto lacked: a coherent analysis of 'product likeness' under Article III of the GATT. Christian A. Melischek develops an economic approach to the interpretation of 'like' products on the basis of a comparative analysis with antitrust theories on market definition. Not only does he propose a specific substantive economic test to render the notion of product likeness operational, but he also examines the institutional and procedural frameworks for expert economic evidence necessary to implement an economic approach to the interpretation of product likeness. On a methodological level, the book adds a new interdisciplinary dimension to the legal debate by exploring the use of quantitative and econometric methods for the implementation of the proposed economic test.