Analyzing Economic Market Interactions as Conflicts: New Concepts to Assess Market-Based Policy Instruments

Simon A. Mason () and Adrian Muller ()
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Simon A. Mason: Center for Security Studies (CSS), Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, ETH Zentrum, Postal: Zürich, WEC

No 212, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: Complementing market-based policy instruments with conflict analysis approaches provides a wider understanding of market situations and allows to identify minimal requirements regarding needs, power and conflict dynamics. If these are not met, a market cannot be successfully introduced or a liberalization process implemented. Conflict analysis offers a language better suited to the concerns of people negatively affected by new markets. Applying this language helps to counterbalance the predominance of economic concepts. This fosters mutual understanding and enhances the prospect for successful implementation of market-based policies. We illustrate the potential of conflict analysis with examples from water privatization and labeling.

Keywords: market interactions; liberalization; privatization; labeling; conflict analysis; needs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D74 H00 L13 L43 L50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2006-08-31
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Published in Ecological Economics, 2007, pages 81-90.

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