Patrick Massey

Details of Publications.

Competition and Regulation.

Competition and Regulation in Ireland The Law and Economics, Dublin, Oaktree Press, 2003. Co-authored with D. Daly. To order click here.

Competition Law and Policy in Ireland, Dublin, Oaktree Press, 1996. Co-authored with P.O'Hare.

New Zealand: Market Liberalisation in a Developed Economy, London, Macmillan Press, 1995.

The Role of Building Societies in the Irish Financial System, Irish Banking Review, March 1984.
De-Regulation in New Zealand: Are There Lessons for Ireland? Irish Banking Review, Spring, 1987.
Ireland's Competition Act: The First Year, The Antitrust Bulletin, winter, 1993.
Market Definition and Market Power in Competition Analysis: Some Practical Issues, Economic and Social Review, October 2000.
Merger Control in Ireland, Irish Banking Review, September 2001.
Symposium on Competition and Privatisation, Comments, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 30, 2000/01.
Competition and Deregulation: A Review of Irish Experience, The Antitrust Bulletin, Winter 2002.
Criminal Sanctions for Competition Law: A Review of Irish Experience, Competition Law Journal, Vol.1(1), September 2004.To view a copy of this article, click here.
Is Irish Utility Regulation Failing Consumers?, ESRI, Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2004.To view a copy of this article click here
Delayed Indefinitely: Regulatory Reform of the Irish Bus Market, ESRI, Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2007. Click here to view.
Are Sports Cartels Different? An Analysis of EU Commission Decisions Concerning Collective Selling Agreements for Football Broadcasting Rights, World Competition, 30(1), March 2007.
A League of Their Own – Landmark Supreme Court Judgment Clears Irish League of Credit Unions of Abuse of Dominance, World Competition, 31(2). June 2008.

Book Chapters.

Product Markets in Competition Law and Regulation in Ireland, Dublin, Competition Press, 1991.
Some Implications of the Competition Act, in P. McNutt and M. Doherty eds., Competition Policy and the 1991 Irish Competition Act, Centre in Economics and Law, University College Galway, 1991.
The Competition Act: An Economist’s Perspective in A. Schuster ed., Key Aspects of Irish Competition Law and Practice, Irish Centre for European Law, 1994.
Should Irish Taxis Compete? in Issues in Law and Economics, Centre in Economics and Law, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, 1994.
Reform of EC Competition Law: Substance, Procedures and Institutions in International Antitrust Law and Policy, New York, Fordham University Press, 1996, reproduced in B. Hawk ed: EU Competition Law Reform, New York: Juris Publications, 2003.
Criminalization and Leniency – Will the Combination Favourably Affect Cartel Stability? in Remedies and Sanctions in Competition Policy, London: Edward Elgar 2006.

Working Papers.

The Future of the Irish Electricity Industry, Competition Authority Discussion Paper No.3, 1997.*
The Treatment of Vertical Restraints under Competition Law, Competition Authority Discussion Paper No. 4, 1997.*
Market Definition and Market Power: Some Practical Issues, Competition Authority Discussion Paper No.10, 2000.*
Is Utility Regulation Failing Irish Consumers?, NUI, Maynooth, Economics Department Working Paper No. N1451104, November 2004. To view a copy of this article click here
A League of Their Own: Landmark Supreme Court Judgment Clears Irish League of Credit Unions of Abuse of Dominance, NUI, Maynooth Working Paper, N1880108, January 2008.

Co-Authored Papers.

Measuring the Impact of the Competition Act, Trinity Economic Papers, Policy Paper No.3, May 1995.
Unfinished Business - A Review of the Competition Act, Irish Banking Review, autumn, 1995.
Competition and Regulatory Reform in Public Utilities: Issues and Prospects, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1995-96.
The Natural Gas Market in Ireland, Competition Authority Discussion Paper No.5, 1998.*
Competition and Regulation in Public Utility Industries, Competition Authority Discussion Paper No.7, 1999.*
Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Cartels Should Be Normal Task for Gardai, Competition, Vol.10, Edition 5, June 2001.
Proposed Reform of the EU Merger Regulation, Commercial Law Practitioner, Vol.9(7), July 2002.
Joint Dominance and Tacit Collusion: An Analysis of the Irish Vodafone/O2 Case and the Implications for Competition and Regulatory Policy, UCD Centre for Economic Research, Working Paper WP08/05, March 2008.
Boston v. Berlin: A Half-Century of Irish Antitrust, (forthcoming).

Other Published Articles.

2. New Zealand's Public Sector Reform Programme - Are There Lessons for Ireland? Seirbhis Phoibli, September 1990.

Its the Structure - Stupid! Turf Wars over Utilities, Between Sector Regulation and Competition Law, Miss the Point, Competition, Vol.10, Edition 6, August 2001.

4. Act Places Economic Analysis at Heart of Merger Assessment, Competition, Vol.11(3).

Rhetorical Friends and Deadly Enemies, Public Affairs Ireland, December, 2002.
Time to Deliver, Public Affairs Ireland, December, 2003.
Regulation – Time for a Radical Rethink, Public Affairs Ireland, November 2004.
The Competition Authority – All Talk, No Action?, Public Affairs Ireland, April 2005.
Is the Groceries Order the Work of Vested Interests?, Public Affairs Ireland, July 2005.
The Competition Authority Report on the Legal Profession, Public Affairs Ireland, January 2007.
Implications of the Supreme Court Judgment in the ILCU Case, Public Affairs Ireland, October 2007.

To obtain a copy of articles on this list e-mail us at info@compecon.ie

Copies of Competition Authority Discussion Papers can be obtained from the Competition Authority.

A New Approach to Public Service Pay, Administration, winter 1986.
Exchange Rate Policy in a Small Open Economy: An Examination of Irish Experience, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987/88.
Exchange Rates and Competitiveness, ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary, October 1988.
The Changing Role of New Zealand's Reserve Bank, Irish Banking Review, autumn, 1990.
Promoting Economic Consensus: Some Lessons from the Australian Accord, Irish Banking Review, winter, 1991.