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17 Eur. Competition J. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/eurcompet17 and id is 1 raw text is: EUROPEAN COMPETITION JOURNAL
2021, VOL. 17, NO. 1, 1-22
https://doi.org/10.1080/17441056.2020.1834973

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Taylor & Francis Group

Loyalty rebates and the more economic approach to
EU competition law
Peter van Wijck
Leiden Law School, Leiden, The Netherlands

ARTICLE HISTORY Received 24 July 2020; Accepted 5 October 2020
KEYWORDS Loyalty rebates; more economic approach

I. Introduction
Competition works and competition policy makes it work better. That is
what it is all about - making markets work better for consumers, accord-
ing to a well-known statement by Neelie Kroes.1
For economists it seems evident that competition policy should be
directed at increasing welfare. There is some room for discussion about
CONTACT Peter van Wijck      p.w.vanwijck@law.leidenuniv.nl
'Neelie Kroes, EU Competition Rules - Part of the Solution for Europe's Economy, European Competition
Day, Paris 18 November 2008.
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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