the experience of countries that have liberalized their electricity markets has shown that the assumption that markets will naturally produce a competitive result is not always justified. the most important concern refers to the changes of demand and price which result in providers’ mistreatment. market power is typically defined as the ability to profitably alter prices away from competitive l...

Annex 7 to pay TV market investigation second consultation This is the non-confidential version. Confidential information has been redacted. Redactions are indicated by [] Annex 7 to pay TV second consultation – market power Contents Section Page 1 Introduction 1 2 Market power in the wholesale supply of Core Premium Sports channels 7 3 Market power in the wholesale supply of Core Premium Movie...

This paper shows that changes in market power explain one of the major commodity crises in recent history. I estimate coffee bean demand and then use the estimates jointly with a model of supply side to recover the effectiveness of the export quota agreement. Of the 73.7% price decline between 1988 and 2001, 53.7% points are attributed to the 1989 cartel breakdown. Growing exports from Vietnam ...