… price transparency and characteristics transparency and … price transparency implies that
prices are readily observed and with only a short delay. Improved characteristics transparency …

… Transparency may be a two-edged sword in oligopolistic … of theories relating transparency
to collusion and competition. This … exchange and some general lessons for competition policy. …

… on the main aspects of competition policy relevant to address its links with transparency
issues. … As showed in this section, transparency in a specific market is a complex issue for …

… the sources of lack of transparency developed by Oxelheim and … issues: transparency of
competition policy enforcement. … dimension of competition policy transparency, concentrating on …

… design of competition policy. Should competition authorities promote price transparency or
not? … of con sumers have stressed the importance of transparent prices and have engaged in …

… price transparency and characteristics transparency and … price transparency implies that
prices are readily observed and with only a short delay. Improved characteristics transparency …

… We study how competition affects market transparency, taking into account that comparative
… are rewarded, we show that increased competition usually makes disclosure less likely, …

… Finally, institutional effectiveness is based on assessments of the degree of political
independence of the competition authorities, the transparency of the agency, and the effectiveness …

… fiercer competition possibly crowds out transparency. This study aims to shed further light
on this debate. To test how market competition affects the relation between transparency and …

… Let us now take a closer look at the lessons which can be drawn from these judgments
with respect to the limits of the principle of transparency in the context of competition …