What Influences Adoption of Competition Law? The Case of ASEAN Economies

• Main Authors: Ravago, Majah-Leah V, Roumasset, James, Balisacan, Arsenio M
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: competition law; competition policy; ASEAN; antitrust; Philippines; Thailand; Economic Policy; Economics; Political Science
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/159; https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217590821430049
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We investigate the factors that influence adoption of competition law using a panel of countries from 1970 to 2015. We find that in addition to development level, trading arrangements and peer pressure have also influenced adoption. The spread of competition laws adopted from Western precedents left...