Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Aims & Scope

YEARBOOK OF ANTITRUST AND REGULATORY STUDIES (YARS®) is a double peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal, focusing on legal, economic and management issues of antitrust and regulation.

YARS is published by the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS) of the University of Warsaw since 2008.

It is intended to: • present the most important and current issues surrounding competition protection, primarily restrictive practices and mergers but also state aid as well as pro-competitive sector-specific regulation, in particular in the telecommunications, postal services, energy and transport sectors; • present experiences and achievements of competition protection and sector-specific regulation in the post-transition countries as well as the developments in the mature competition law regimes of relevance for these countries.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Regulating Unfair Trading Practices in the EU Agri-food Supply Chain: a Case of Counterproductive Regulation?

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Victoria

• So Close, So Different – Regional Rail Transport in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Marcin, Jakub

• The Implementation of the ECN+ Directive in Hungary and Lessons Beyond

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Katalin J.

• The Scope of the Implementation of the Damages Directive in CEE States

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Michal

• Independence of National Competition Authorities – Problem Solved by Directive 2019/1? Example of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mária T.

• Protection of Consumers’ Rights in Railway in the Slovak Republic

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Matej, Hana, Mária

• New Scenarios of the Right of Defence Following Directive 1/2019

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Marialaura

• Piecemeal Harmonisation Through the Damages Directive? Remarks on What Received Too Little Attention in Relation to Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Anna

• Productivity and Competitiveness of the Agricultural Sector in Poland

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Jacek, Tomasz, Tadeusz

• Grounds for Private Enforcement of Albanian Competition Law

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Ermal, Petrina