COVID-19 pandemic as the call for the economic competition (The state-of-the-art review of measures of rapid response of antimonopoly regulators in the spring of 2020)
https://doi.org/10.32686/2542-0259-2020-2-36-41
Abstract
In this article, the author presents an operational summary and analysis of the most important decisions made by competition agencies in the short-term period of the COVID-19 pandemic (march—may 2020) and aimed at ensuring the functioning of markets and maintaining competition, as well as expert opinions of some analysts on the facts of the decisions made. The main approaches that are presented on the on-line platforms of the Organization for economic cooperation and development, the European Commission, the site CONCURRENCES: Antitrust Publication & Events, as well as materials of the FAS of Russia on taking operational measures to counter COVID-19 are described.
About the Author
I. V. Knyazeva
Siberian Institute of Management Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Irina V. Knyazeva
Russian Federation
Irina V. Knyazeva
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Knyazeva I.V. COVID-19 pandemic as the call for the economic competition (The state-of-the-art review of measures of rapid response of antimonopoly regulators in the spring of 2020). Russian competition law and economy. 2020;(2):36-41. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32686/2542-0259-2020-2-36-41
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