The Americans imposed harder competition rules in Europe after WW2 to limit the military-industrial complex in Germany.
Unlike the US, the EU is a net importer of these kinds of technologies.
The EU is using competition fines as a source of revenue in the absence of and EU digital tax.
Total votes: 35
Learning objectives:
Learning about the history of EU competition policy.
Undersanding the rationale and main instruments of EU competition policy.
Understanding the effects of a monopoly on producers and consumers.
Understanding the similarities between a tax and a fine.
Understanding the differential effects of unanimity and simple majority rules on policy outcomes.
Understanding the differential decision-making procedures for creating an EU digital tax and for establishing a fine.
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