TY - THES ID - 146387301 TI - Infringement vs. commitments: An analysis of the European Commision's competition policy enforcement AU - Fickers, Jana AU - Gautier, Axel AU - Petit, Nicolas AU - Lamesch, Joé PY - 2019 PB - Liège Université de Liège (ULiège) DB - UniCat KW - EU Commission competition enforcement KW - Sciences économiques & de gestion > Microéconomie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146387301 AB - This thesis analyzes the Commission's competition policy enforcement since the entry into force of Regulation 1/2003, introducing the commitments procedure. The analysis is carried out against the background that the optimal procedure choice depends on the uncertainty the Commission has related to the importance of the harm and the probability of conviction. With a representative sample of antitrust cases, it is attempted to determine which factors impacting the uncertainty and the probability of conviction have indeed a significant impact on the procedure choice. ER -