美国合并反垄断法律规制的范式转型

The Transformation of the Paradigm for American Anti-Monopoly Law Regulation of Mergers

20世纪70年代中期以前,美国合并反垄断法律规制的理论和实践深受民粹主义和共和主义等思想的影响,将价值目标定位在维护经济民主上,进而保护创业者以及"小商人"的独立地位。20世纪70年代以后,美国合并反垄断法律规制的重心从政治、社会领域更多地转移到国家经济和经济效率方面,并最终促成美国合并反垄断法律规制的范式转型。

Before the mid - 1970s, the theories and the practice on anti - monopoly law regulation of mergers in United States had been influenced by Populism and Republicanism and its value objection was to maintain economic democracy, by which protect independent position of entrepreneurs and small businesses . However, after the mid- 1970s, the center of American anti - monopoly law regulation of mergers was transferred from the political and social aspects to national economy and economic efficiency and achieved ultimately the transformation of the paradigm for American anti - monopoly law regulation of Mergers.