Competition Policy and the Control of Buyer Power
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic and competition policy issues that buyer power creates. Drawing on economic analysis and cases from around the world, it explains why conventional seller side standards and analyses do not provide an adequate framework for responding to the problems that buyer power can create. Based on evidence that abuse of buyer power is a serious problem for the competitive process, the book evaluates the potential for competition law to deal directly with the problems of abuse either through conventional competition law or special rules aimed at abusive conduct. The author also examines controls over buying groups and mergers as potentially more useful responses to risks created by undue buyer power.
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Large and dominant firms in these sectors can in some cases more easily drive down the prices at which they purchase these commodities, resulting in poor compensation for farmers.
“As a result, large and dominant firms in these sectors can in some cases more easily drive down the prices at which they purchase these commodities, resulting in poor compensation for farmers (Stucke 2012; Carstensen 2017).”
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- Authors
- Carstensen, P.
- Corresponding author
- Carstensen, Peter
- ORCID
- Carstensen, Peter
- Venue
- Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Published
- 2017
- OpenAlex
- W2760932711
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.67
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Merger and Competition Analysis
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Diverse Legal and Medical Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Legal and Constitutional Studies
- Keywords
- buyer power, competition policy, competition law, buying groups, mergers, market power
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