Competition Policies and Consumer Welfare

Edited by Lahcen Achy () and Susan Joekes

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Abstract: The fundamental goal of competition law is to support productivity and innovativeness; in fact, the short-term effect of enforcement actions is often a reduction in product prices. This book reports the findings of consumer market studies into a range of goods and services in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It finds a pervasive lack of competition in those markets, which not only reduces the standard of living of consumers, including poor and vulnerable groups, but also softens the incentives on firms to improve the efficiency of their operations and the quality of their products

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9781784717223
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-26

Lahcen Achy and Susan Joekes

Ch 2 An assessment of anticompetitive conduct in the supermarkets sector in Costa Rica , pp 29-53

Randall Arce Alvarado, Donald Miranda Montes and Guillermo Zúñiga Arias

Ch 3 The consumer goods distribution sector in Armenia , pp 54-74

Karine Poladyan

Ch 4 The market in cereals in Mali , pp 75-93

Oumar Idriss Berthe, Massa Coulibaly, Salifou B. Diarra and Martin Sidibe

Ch 5 Production and distribution in the beef, poultry and milk sectors in Zambia , pp 94-120

Thulasoni Kaira, Samuel Bwalya, Wesley S. Kalapula and Florence Banda Muleya

Ch 6 The distribution of pharmaceuticals in Jamaica , pp 123-141

Kevin Harriott

Ch 7 The pharmaceuticals sector in Vietnam , pp 142-160

Que Anh Pham and Tran Phuong Lan

Ch 8 International money transfer services in Uzbekistan , pp 163-190

Golib Kholjigitov

Ch 9 TV distribution services in Argentina , pp 191-218

German Coloma, Federico Bekerman, Cecilia Castets and Marcelo D’Amore

Ch 10 Public procurement in India , pp 221-253

Nitya Nanda, Shiju M.V. and Gaurang Meher Diljun

Ch 11 Public procurement in Morocco , pp 254-282

Lahcen Achy and Susan Joekes

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