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Competition policy in regulated industries : approaches for emerging economies / Paulina Beato and Jean-Jacques Laffont, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Competition--Government policy--Latin America.
- Competition.
- Infrastructure (Economics)--Government policy--Latin America.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- Industrial concentration--Government policy--Latin America.
- Industrial concentration.
- Antitrust law--Latin America.
- Antitrust law.
- Latin America--Economic policy.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 330 p. : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Inter-American Development Bank, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the last decade, Latin American countries have reformed infrastructure services through private sector participation to enhance internal efficiency and competition to increase consumer welfare. Competition Policy in Regulated Industries offers conceptual and practical approaches to help such emerging economies identify competition problems in infrastructure sectors and find legal and structural solutions. Infrastructure services have evolved from being publicly owned monopolies into entities in which private participation prevails, complemented by competition and regulation. However, even though competition is pivotal to public service reform, a high degree of vertical and horizontal concentration still pervades the industrial structure of many Latin American countries. Furthermore, mergers and acquisitions in an increasingly global economy, without appropriate legislation to promote competition and restrain market control, have often led to reduced levels of competition.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- EditorsÌ Introduction
- Chapter 1 Designing Infrastructure Regulation in Developing Countries
- Chapter 2 Chile's Antitrust Legislation: Effects on Essential Facilities
- Chapter 3 Argentina's Natural Gas Markets: Antitrust and Regional Integration Issues
- Chapter 4 Colombia's Natural Gas Industry: A Competition Failure
- Chapter 5 Pricing Monopoly Segments of Regulated Industries in Developing Countries
- Chapter 6 Competition and Networks in the European Transport Sector
- Chapter 7 Cross- subsidy Prices in Public Utilities
- Chapter 8 Power Sector Reforms in Central America: Challenges of Regional Convergence
- Chapter 9 Competition Policy in Latin American Infrastructure: Lessons from Six Countries
- Chapter 10 The Role of Competition Law in Infrastructure Industries: The European Energy Market
- Epilogue A Regulator's Views
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 70752501
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