INSTITUTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS OF COMPETITION POLICY EFFICIENCY

Boban Stojanovic, Vladimir Radivojevic, Tanja Stanisic

Faculty of Economics, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

An adequate normative regulation isa prerequisite for a successful implementation of the competition policy as a fundament of a market economy is. With current legal solutions in the field of the competition policy, Serbia has provided the necessary institutional framework for the efficient functioning of the market and the establishment of effective competition on it. The effectiveness of this framework is necessary to evaluate through a market analysis, based on the results achieved in creating a climate that encourages  the development of competition. The compatibility of legislation with the European Union standards and its practical application are the basic assumptions of the purposeful operating of institutions. The modest  results of the competition policy in Serbia impose the need to increase institutional capacity, upgrade the regulation and its conceiving in a manner that will ensure the construction of an efficient market economy. In this sense, the paper analyzes the key elements of the institutional framework that determine the effectiveness of the competition policy. Special atention will be paid to the practical application of this framework, which will be illustrated by a critical review of the manner and method of decision-making by the Serbian Commission for the Protection of Competition in its procedures in monopolized markets.

Keywords: competition policy, institutions, monopoly, market, Serbia and West Balkan countries

JEL Classification: D02, D42, K21

Economic Horizons, 2012, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 125-135.   doi:10.5937/ekonhor1202121S