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Market Power : Ports - A Case Study of Post-Privatization Mergers

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dc.contributor.authorTrujillo, Lourdes
dc.contributor.authorSerebrisky, Tomás
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T14:42:07Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T14:42:07Z
dc.date.issued2003-03
dc.description.abstractAn emerging issue to privatized infrastructure sectors is how regulators should deal with proposed mergers that could potentially increase market power and lead to anticompetitive behavior. This note looks at the issues in the port sector, discussing the regulatory treatment of vertical and horizontal mergers. It focuses on Argentina, one of the first countries to concession its ports. In the early 1990s Argentina restructured and privatized its port system. As part of this process the government transferred ports to the provinces, which could choose to operate, concession, or close them. The note also analyzes the consequences of allowing a vertical merger between a terminal operator and a maritime transport company and the pros and cons of explicitly prohibiting horizontal mergers between terminal operators.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2380661/market-power-ports-case-study-post-privatization-mergers
dc.identifier.citationViewpoint. -- Note no. 260 (March 2003)
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/11302
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11302
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesViewpoint
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPORTS
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectMERGERS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectMARITIME TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectCONTAINER TERMINALS
dc.subjectCONTAINER TRANSPORT BARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subjectBENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectBIDDING
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCONTAINER SHIPPING
dc.subjectCONTAINER SHIPS
dc.subjectCONTAINER TRAFFIC
dc.subjectDAMAGES
dc.subjectDEVALUATION
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectMARKET CONCENTRATION
dc.subjectMARKET POWER
dc.subjectMARKET SHARE
dc.subjectMARKET STRUCTURE
dc.subjectMERGERS
dc.subjectPORT CAPACITY
dc.subjectPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectPORTS
dc.subjectPRICE CAPS
dc.subjectPRICE COMPETITION
dc.subjectPRICE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectSEA TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSHIPPING
dc.subjectSHIPPING COMPANIES
dc.subjectTERMINAL OPERATORS
dc.subjectTEU
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectVERTICAL MERGER
dc.titleMarket Power : Ports - A Case Study of Post-Privatization Mergersen
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okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:57:01.873667Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2380661/market-power-ports-case-study-post-privatization-mergers
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0854fb15c_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2380661
okr.identifier.report25956
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.sectorTransportation :: Ports, waterways and shipping
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Access to Markets
okr.topicPorts and Waterways
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicEnvironment
okr.topicTransport
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okr.volume1 of 1
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