Indonesia’s Experience with its First Anti-Monopoly Law

Kian Thee

Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 2004, vol. 52, 187-205

Abstract: This paper describes the historical origin of Indonesia’s First Competition Law, which was enacted on 5 March 1999. The paper argues that a proper competition policy includes both: (1) market-opening or competition-promoting policies that enhance competition in national and local markets and (2) a competition law (sometimes referred to as an anti-monopoly or anti-trust law). The paper offers several critical notes on the Competition Law and argues that three major issues need to be taken into account in a future revision of the Law to ensure a consistent approach to the Law, namely: 1. Clarity in the definition of the goals of the Competition Law; 2. Universal application of the Law to all business actors; 3. Clear division between market share and anti-competitive business conduct.

Keywords: Competition; policy-Competition; law-Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K20 K21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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