Download or read book The Political Economy of European Union Competition Policy written by Tuna Baskoy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the European Union (EU), competition policy occupies a central place amongst other EU public policies and is the first truly supranational public policy regulating market competition. One of the stated objectives of EU competition policy is to prevent excessive concentration of economic power in the hands of a few.