The Impact of Cartels on National Economy and Competitiveness A Lithuanian Case Study /

• Main Authors: Bruneckienė, Jurgita (Author), Pekarskienė, Irena (Author), Guzavičius, Andrius (Author), Palekienė, Oksana (Author), Šovienė, Jūratė (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Industrial organization.; Macroeconomics.; Law and economics.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Law and Economics.

The book presents theoretical and empirical research on the integrated assessment of cartels’ effects on national economies. The empirical analysis is based on three cases in Lithuania, a country chosen because it corresponds to the features of a small economy with a developing culture of competitio...

Table of Contents:

• Conception of Cartels: Definition and Diversity
• Cartel Occurrence and Operation in Market
• Cartel Markets
• Legal Regulation of Cartels
• Analysis of the Impact of Cartels on National Economy and Competitiveness
• Critical Analysis of Economic Efficiency of Fines Imposed on Cartels
• Methodological Principles of Assessing Cartel Harm (Effects)
• Assessment of Cartel Impact on the National Economy: Integrated Model
• Empirical Application of a Model for an Integrated Assessment of Cartel Impact on the National Economy in the Case of Lithuania
• Recommendations to Minimise an Adverse Impact of Cartels on the National Economy
• Conclusions
• Annexes.