Protecting whose welfare? A document analysis of competition regulatory decisions in four jurisdictions across three harmful consumer product industries
Many of the competition regulatory decisions assessed likely facilitated the concentration of market power in the industries we explored. Nevertheless, there appears to be potential for competition regulatory frameworks to play a more prominent role in promoting and protecting the public's health through tighter regulation of excessive market power in harmful consumer product industries.
Authors
- Sven Gallasch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3092-1279)
- Benjamin Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-9066)
- Katherine Sievert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-8034)
- Gary Sacks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9736-1539)
- Chrissa Karouzakis
Institutions
- Deakin University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Globalization and Health
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-024-01076-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.02
Funders
- Deakin University
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council