A paper on excessive pricing regulation in China, South Africa, and other BRICS Member States, written by RBB economists Richard Murgatroyd, Yan Yu and Ignatius Barnardt, has been included in the book “Competition Policy for the New Era – insights from the BRICS Countries” recently published by Oxford University Press.
The paper reviews the economic framework and analytical tools that have been used in order to assess excessive pricing, and provides an overview of the relevant policy and enforcement trends relating to excessive pricing in a number of BRICS jurisdictions, focussing in particular on China and South Africa. Download the paper below.