Policy Brief: Competition Law and Policy in the Czech Republic

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14-Nov-2008

Competition law and policy in the Czech Republic have converged on European practices. Since the OECD review of Czech competition policy in 2001, the country has joined the European Union, while the Czech ...

Policy Brief: Fighting Cartels in Public Procurement

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15-Oct-2008

Governments devote a large share of taxpayers’ money to publicprocurement – purchasing goods and services from road building to schooltextbooks. But how can they be sure that they are getting good value ...

Policy Brief: Mergers and Dynamic Efficiencies

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19-Sep-2008

When two businesses join to form one company, their combination sometimes creates positive effects called efficiencies. Generally speaking, efficiencies are synergies that enable firms to improve their ...

Policy Brief: Substantial Market Power and Competition

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18-Sep-2008

How to apply competition laws to dominant firms? This question has raised much interest in recent years. While significant differences persist in the enforcement practices of competition regimes around ...

Policy Brief: Plea Bargaining and Settlement of Cartel Cases

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04-Sep-2008

As competition authorities have stepped up their efforts to detect and punish cartels, several cases have highlighted how differences in enforcement procedures between countries have a substantial impact ...

Policy Brief: Competition Law and Policy in Ukraine

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07-Jul-2008

Ukrainian competition policy dates back to February 1992, shortly after independence from the Soviet Union, when the country’s first competition law was adopted as part of the effort to establish a market-based ...

Policy Brief: Competition Law and Policy in Sweden

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04-Jun-2007

Sweden’s 1993 Competition Act (CA) remains the foundation of a broad policy approach that includes prohibitions against restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance, control of concentrations, advocacy ...

Policy Brief: Competition Policy and Concessions

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04-Jun-2007

Governments have long been engaged in providing goods or services to their citizens that could, in some form, be provided by the private sector. The trend over the past few decades, however, has been to ...

Policy Brief: Prosecuting Cartels without Direct Evidence of Agreement

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04-Jun-2007

Cartels are agreements among competitors fixing prices, allocating markets or rigging tenders (bids). They are the most harmful of all types of competition law violations and should be sanctioned severely. ...

Policy Brief: Competition and Barriers to Entry

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16-Jan-2007

Before a firm can compete in a market, it has to be able to enter it. Many markets have at least some impediments that make it more difficult for a firm to enter a market. A debate over how to define the ...

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The OECD Journal of Competition Law and Policy provides insight into the thinking of competition law enforcers while focusing on the practical application of competition law and policy.

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