Prospects of Korean Antitrust Enforcement Policy During an Economic Crisis

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Joseph Hur, Paul Rhee, Dec 15, 2008

The financial crisis that originated in the United States is spreading throughout the world and is now causing an economic crisis by infiltrating the real economy. This crisis is of a magnitude that has rarely been witnessed in the past.

This is also the case in Korea. Korea has a small but open economic system. It has heavily relied on exports and foreign investments for growth and jobs, and fo