Competition Law Compliance Programmes

Dr. Johannes Paha, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Economics, VWL I - Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust, Giessen, Germany

Part I: Introduction: Introduction (Johannes Paha).- Competition Law Compliance Programmes: an Economic Perspective (Stefan Frübing, and Kai Hüschelrath).- Part II: Compliance in Business and Economics: Results of a Survey in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on how to Prevent Violations of Competition Laws (Georg Götz, Daniel Herold, and Johannes Paha).- Reducing Antitrust Violations (Peter Kotzian, Thomas Stöber, and Barbara E. Weißenberger).- Compliance and Incentive Compatible Working Contracts (Daniel Herold).- Antitrust Compliance and Abusive Behaviour (Ulrich Schwalbe).- Part III: Criminal Sanctions: Criminal Sanctions against Corporations (Andreas Ransiek).- Compliance and Individual Sanctions in the Enforcement of Competition Law (Florian Wagner-von Papp).- Part IV: Fine Reductions: Can Compliance Programmes contribute to effective antitrust enforcement? (Florence Thépot).- Legal incentives for compliance programmes - stick or carrot? (Per Rummel).- Part V: The Psychology of Compliance: Psychological Contributions to Competition Law Compliance (Agnieszka Paruzel, Barbara Steinmann, Annika Nübold, Sonja K. Ötting, and Günter W. Maier).

"This is a very welcome publication. Anyone interested in compliance ought to study all of it and implement its valuable lessons. It is more reflective and considered than most competition law books and therefore deserves a very wide readership and study." (Vincent J.G. Power, European Competition Law Review, Vol. 41 (1), 2020)
"The book successfully integrates the variety of views and succeeds in developing a set of common themes on CLCPs throughout the individual contributions. ... Written accessibly, the book offers practitioners and policymakers useful guidance on the micro-determinants of effective competition law compliance. ... This compilation of interdisciplinary work on CLCPs deserves a place on the shelf of all interested in aligning the decision-making and strategies of firms with the aims of competition policy." (Willem H. Boshoff, World Competition, Vol. 40 (3), 2017)