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Market Power : Ports - A Case Study of Post-Privatization Mergers

An emerging issue to privatized infrastructure sectors is how regulators should deal with proposed mergers that could potentially increase market power and lead to anticompetitive behavior. This note looks at the issues in the port sector, discussi...

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Main Authors: Trujillo, Lourdes, Serebrisky, Tomás
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
PORTS
PRIVATIZATION
MERGERS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
CONTAINER TERMINALS
CONTAINER TRANSPORT BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BIDDING
CAPITAL MARKETS
CONSUMERS
CONTAINER SHIPPING
CONTAINER SHIPS
CONTAINER TRAFFIC
DAMAGES
DEVALUATION
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FIXED COSTS
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
PORT CAPACITY
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
PORT SECTOR
PRICE CAPS
PRICE COMPETITION
PRICE DISCRIMINATION
PRODUCTIVITY
SEA TRANSPORT
SHIPPING
SHIPPING COMPANIES
TERMINAL OPERATORS
TEU
TRANSACTION COSTS
VERTICAL MERGER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2380661/market-power-ports-case-study-post-privatization-mergers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11302

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2380661/market-power-ports-case-study-post-privatization-mergers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11302

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