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  • Patrick McNutt speaks on Law and Economics for European Law

    Patrick McNutt’s paper at a symposium hosted by the Faculty of Law, Universite du Luxembourg, European Court of Justice and European Association of Law and Economics argued that the infusion of economics into competition and antitrust law has focused the antitrust debate on the protection of consumer welfare, and latterly, enhancing economic efficiency. It has…

  • Single Prices Commission

    Emperor’s New Clothes: A Single National Prices Commission? by Patrick McNutt Article (doc)

  • Ireland plc in a Geo-Market – The Challenge and Some Lessons

    March 2006, Patrick McNutt addresses a group of US executives visiting Dublin on the theme of the future challenges for Ireland plc. Global Competition (ppt)

  • Patrick McNutt and the Manchester Business School

    Patrick McNutt promotes MBA learning at The Manchester Business School, one of the leading business schools in the world. Like the pink blossoms falling from a frangipani tree, enhancing a sense of tranquillity, the Manchester MBA will enhance your sense of knowledge and learning. Shanghai Daily Article (pdf)

  • A Single National Prices Commission?

    Writing in Public Affairs Ireland, Patrick McNutt observes that everyday experience in Ireland of late is one of ever-increasing prices and increasing charges across the board, particularly in the regulated sectors. J.K Galbraith caught the mood in his Affluent Society published nearly fifty years ago in 1958: ‘there is nothing on which the conventional wisdom…

  • Groceries Order Solution

    In his submission to the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Patrick McNutt ‘has suggested either (i) replacing the Groceries Order in its entirety with an Amendment to the Competition Act 2002 that inserts a time test on bona fide price offers or (ii) given the complexity in understanding the meaning of price under the…

  • International competitiveness in a modern progressive economy

    Regulation of financial services is a key component in obtaining a degree of international competitiveness in a modern progressive economy, argued Patrick McNutt in submission to Department of Finance. In framing a single legal text purporting to supplant all or part of existing primary legislation governing the regulation of the financial services sector in Ireland…

  • McNutt Goes It Alone

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