Monopolinių kainų reguliavimo metodų privalumai ir trūkumai
| Autor: | Inga Maksvytienė, Mindaugas Dapkus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Organizacijų vadyba : sisteminiai tyrimai, ISSN 2335-8750, 2014, [Nr.] 70, p. 55-64 |
| ISSN: | 2335-8750 1392-1142 |
| DOI: | 10.7220/mosr.1392.1142.2014.70.4 |
| Popis: | The main purpose of this article was to summarize the features of applying monopoly price regulatory measures, thus creating a basis for further development of those measures. The analysis of scientific literature on monopolies regulation applying pricing measures let the authors to formulate the following conclusions: “¢ Great number of authors analysing monopolies“™ regulation advocate the position of non interventionism in the market formation. However, the authors of this theoretical research support the idea of limited regulation of monopolies and this regulation must be implemented on the basis of market forces. “¢ The question of monopolies“™ regulation is especially important in less developed and small countries, where monopolies abuse their power regarding societal needs. The last one manifests itself diminishing effectiveness of monopolized business and finally by increased prices of supplied products and services. “¢ Classical-theoretical pricing of monopolies“™ products is associated with the cost coverage, which is also associated with the situation of marginal costs and marginal income overlap. “¢ The agency problem between the monopolistic systems and the society hampers to establish economically efficient prices. “¢ An essential weak point of all monopolies“™ regulations applying the pricing mechanism and based on own costs consideration is that it slows down the initiative to improve the activities of monopolies, encourages them either to lower the quality of the product in order to increase profits, or to carry out the investment of enlarging the costs, increasing the pressure on the state institutions to raise prices. “¢ In the authors“™ view, the principles of methodology for the efficient development of natural monopolies in societal and private terms could lie in the benchmarking based pricing idea. The recent spread of the best practices takeover (benchmarking) movement between natural monopolies allows to set prices regarding the most efficient prices in the sector, not only on the regional but on the international scale too; the problem of reconciliation of the cost elements in firms (branches) working in different climatic, market situation, with different technologies is the biggest challenge to settle. “¢ Price benchmarking allows us to avoid abstract, economically difficult to fix cost factors (e.g. public benefit, theoretical marginal cost) evaluating pricing, thus leaning on economically achievable realistic pricing levels; prices formed this way, which are based on market forces, on the achievable, realistic prices of best working monopolistic sectors, create an incentive for monopolies to improve their performance. The authors of this paper suggest using the price benchmarking method for Lithuania“™s monopolistic sectors regulation therefore the further scientific research will be oriented to the development of a benchmarking methodology, aiming to adapt it for the specific monopolistic sector situation in Lithuania. |
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