The OECD Global Forum on Competition debated Competition Policy, Industrial Policy and National Champions in February 2009. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Brazil, Canada, China, European...

This paper describes how digital platforms have transformed the distribution and consumption of news content and the complex competitive dynamics between news publishers and digital platforms. It was prepared as background for a discussion on Competition issues concerning news media and digital...

This paper reviews how competition authorities have incorporated innovation as part of their assessment in enforcement cases. It explores scenarios that have considered innovation from a static perspective, mostly analysing current and potential competition in well-identified product markets...

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on competition issues in liner shipping. It discusses the main developments and competition issues in the sector, namely, regulation in different countries, the role of liner shipping consortia and...

This paper was prepared as background for a discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on oligopoly markets. It focuses on collusion and conduct facilitating collusion in oligopolies. It provides a brief introduction to the notion of agreement, covers merger control and the analysis of the...

This paper categorises four different types of monopoly over which competition for-the-market might occur, explains the practice of governments granting concessionary rights to firms, and identifies that the design of the processes for awarding such rights is commonly used to facilitate...

The OECD Global Forum on Competition discussed Competition Issues in Television and Broadcasting in February 2013. This document includes an executive summary of that debate and the documents of the meeting: a background note by the Secretariat as well as written submissions by Bulgaria, Chile,...

The OECD Competition Committee debated public procurement in June 2007. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan,...

This paper explores the longer- and shorter-term challenges of the energy markets and their competition policy implications. It considers why wholesale natural gas and electricity prices have risen so much and the public policy responses to high energy prices. It was prepared as a background...