Fixing Markets, Not Prices : Policy Options to Tackle Economic Cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean
Collusive agreements among firms slow productivity growth, undermine economic efficiency, and hinder poverty reduction. When competitors agree to limit competition by forming economic cartels, poor households may pay up to 50 percent more for essential goods. Despite their numerous adverse consequen...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/148021625810668365/Fixing-Markets-Not-Prices-Policy-Options-to-Tackle-Economic-Cartels-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35985 |