Centre Conjoint de Recherche sur les Transports OCDE/FIT : Documents de référence
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- Documents de travail du Forum international des transports
The International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 52 member countries. It acts as a strategic think tank for transport policy and organizes an annual summit of ministers. Our work is underpinned by economic research, statistics collection and policy analysis, often undertaken in collaboration with many of the world's leading research figures in academia, business and government. This series of Discussion Papers is intended to disseminate the International Transport Forum’s research findings rapidly among specialists in the field concerned.
- ISSN: 20708270 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20708270
Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses
The Round Table, chaired by Russell Pittman of the US Department of Justice, reviewed
trends in horizontal and vertical integration in logistics businesses, maritime shipping, ports
and rail freight transport and examined the circumstances in which integration might reduce
the efficiency of the transport system. There are likely to be net benefits to society from such
integration in competitive markets but if integration eliminates competition, market power
might result in excessive prices, suboptimal investment and lower than optimal levels of
service for the users of transport services. Options for sector specific regulators and
competition authorities to manage the risks of market abuse were discussed and the
adequacy of antitrust law and competition authorities to take remedial action should
businesses exploit market power were assessed.
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