Does EU competition policy support inclusive growth?
This article proposes a novel methodology to strengthen the micro-foundations of a macroeconomic assessment of EU competition policy. A unique database containing case-specific information on merger and cartel decisions is exploited to conduct macroeconomic policy simulations using a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model. The model has been extended to allow investigating the effects of EU competition policy interventions not only on standard macroeconomic variables such as GDP and employment, but also on distributional outcomes across households with different skill levels and across different types of income earners (capital owners, wage earners, and benefit recipients). The policy simulations presented include both direct and indirect (deterrent) effects of competition policy interventions. They show that competition policy has a sizeable impact on GDP growth, job creation, and the distribution of consumption across different types of households.
DIERX Adriaan;
ILKOVITZ Fabienne;
PATARACCHIA Beatrice;
RATTO Marco;
THUM-THYSEN Anna;
VARGA Janos;
2017-07-27
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
JRC97944
1744-6414,
https://academic.oup.com/jcle/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/joclec/nhx015,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC97944,
10.1093/joclec/nhx015,
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