Price discrimination: economic theory and law enforcement practice
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Abstract
The article concerns price discrimination, in particular, the way price discrimination practice is regulated in Russia. The analysis is based on the economic theory of price discrimination and the law enforcement practice of the corresponding legal norms in the US and Europe. The main goal of this article is to reveal possible weaknesses in the legal framework of the price discrimination practice in Russia. The analysis was motivated by a number of cases on price discrimination opened by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, and in particular, the case about the difference in the price of mobile communication services within the «home region» and «in roaming». The results of the analysis are the following. First, legal uncertainty in the area of price discrimination was identified. Second, it was shown that the use of the per se approach to the practice of price discrimination in Russia leads to the welfare loss. Third, it was also shown that the norms on price discrimination in Russia might be insufficient to control negative effects of some types of price discrimination, in particular in cases where price discrimination does not require a company to have dominant position in the market.
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Shastitko A. Price discrimination: economic theory and law enforcement practice. Journal of Modern Competition. 2018;12(6):27-38. EDN: YSXUPR
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