TY  - BOOK
AU  - Broadman,G.Harry
AU  - Broadman,G.Harry
TI  - Reducing Structural Dominance and Entry Barriers in Russian Industry
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Banks and Banking Reform
KW  - Barriers
KW  - Barriers To Entry
KW  - Business Environment
KW  - Business Investment
KW  - Competition
KW  - Competition Policy
KW  - Competitive Market
KW  - Debt Markets
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - E-Business
KW  - Economic Theory and Research
KW  - Emerging Markets
KW  - Finance and Financial Sector Development
KW  - International Accounting Standards
KW  - Liberalization
KW  - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
KW  - Market Share
KW  - Market Shares
KW  - Markets and Market Access
KW  - Microfinance
KW  - Monopoly
KW  - Output
KW  - Price
KW  - Prices
KW  - Private Sector Development
KW  - Privatization
KW  - Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
KW  - Regional Trade
KW  - Small Scale Enterprises
KW  - Transparency
KW  - Transport
KW  - Transport Economics, Policy and Planning
KW  - Vertical Integration
N2  - May 2000 - The absence of new business in Russia is striking. Reforms to make Russia more competitive should start with eliminating regulatory and institutional barriers to the entry of new competitors. Many industrial firms in Russia have undergone changes in ownership, but relatively few have been competitively restructured. Using survey and other data, Broadman suggests that much of Russian industry is immune from robust competition because of heavy vertical integration, geographic segmentation, and the concentration of buyers and sellers in selected markets. Moreover, regulatory constraints protect incumbent firms from competition with new entrants, both domestic and foreign. Broadman sketches a reform agenda for Russia's post-privatization program, which emphasizes the restructuring of anticompetitive structures and the reduction of barriers to entry. Broadman's proposed reform agenda calls broadly for strengthening Russia's nascent rules-based framework for competition policy to reduce discretion, increase transparency, and improve accountability. This paper - a product of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Regional Office - is part of a larger effort in the region to assess structural reform in Russia. The author may be contacted at hbroadman@worldbank.org
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-2330
ER  -