Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the geographic market size of businesses and the competitiveness of being able to bid at low prices. Design/methodology/approach: The design of this study is based on a natural experiment approach. Firstly, after...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to try to understand the relationship between price and quality in public procurement by using data on the quality of civil engineering works and prices in tenders. By doing so, it tries to conduct a comprehensive examination of the quality of construction...

Abstract This article explores the motivations of a joint venture to provide a high-quality music download service for mobile phones that resulted from a case of a concerted refusal to trade; this refusal was a violation of Antimonopoly Law. We analyze 5 years of monthly compact disk (CD) singles...

Abstract In this study, I analyze the characteristics of consumer attitudes toward digital and non-digital service provision in the platform business and discuss its regulation. Specifically, I employ consumer questionnaires on subscription services and extract comparable objects to examine the...

In November 1999, the Japanese Fair Trade Commission took legal action against participants in bids for oil delivery work ordered by the Self-Defense Forces. Then, in September 2000, the Korean Fair Trade Commission took legal action against participants in bids for oil delivery work ordered by...

This paper constructs a model of anticompetitive exclusive dealings with potential downstream competition. Unlike in previous studies, the incumbent can establish a direct retailer with some fixed payment and can offer an exclusive contract to a downstream buyer twice. We show that the existence...