Tougher merger laws will boost competition and improve performance and productivity
- Written by: Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Pasuwan/ShutterstockTreasurer Jim Chalmers’ proposed changes to Australia’s merger laws represent important public policy reform.
This is because a market economy, based on companies and individuals pursuing their own interests, only works if those companies and individuals face sufficient competition.
Increasingly over the last 20 or so...
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