Understanding and Regulating the Market at a Time of Globalization

HERVE DUMEZ is Researcher, Centre de Recherche en Gestion, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. He is co-author with Alain Jeunemaitre of La Politique de Concurrence en Europe, and is editor of several books, including Financial Markets Regulation: A Practitioner's Perspective. ALAIN JEUNEMAITRE is Associate, Regulatory Policy Research Centre, Hertford College, Oxford and Researcher, Centre de Recherche en Gestion, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. He is co-author with Herve Dumez of La Politique de Concurrence en Europe and is editor of several books, including Financial Markets Regulation: A Practitioner's Perspective.

• List of Abbreviations Foreword by Suzanne Berger, M.I.T. Introduction The Cement Industry: A Model Case Part I: LOCAL COMPETITION Stabilizing Local Competition Local Market Stabilization and Rivalry Local Market Stabilization and Competition Policy Concluding Comments PART II: GLOBALIZATION OF LOCAL MARKETS The Internal Conditions of Globalization The Globalization Process Strategic Responses to Globalization Concluding Comments PART III: UNDERSTANDING AND REGULATING MARKETS AT A TIME OF GLOBALIZATION The European Case Conclusion Comment by F.M. Scherer, Harvard University Bibliography Index

'...I admire this book greatly. It is written in a style that non-specialists (and even non-economists) will find most inviting, even though it deploys concepts that are sophisticated...' - William James Adams, Professor of Economics, The University of Michigan