When do Countries Introduce Competition Policy?

Rikard Forslid, Jonas Häckner () and Astri Muren ()

No 2005:6, Research Papers in Economics from Stockholm University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper first presents stylised evidence showing how the date of the introduction of competition policy is correlated with country size. Smaller countries tend to adopt competition policy later. We thereafter present a simple theoretical model with countries of different size and firms competing à la Cournot. The predictions of the model are consistent with the empirical regularity presented. An implication of our model is that globalisation may give very different incentives regarding competition policy for small and large developing countries.

Keywords: Competition policy; anti-trust; trade costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F15 F21 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2005-06-01
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