Antitrust Damages Actions in Ukraine: Current Situation and Perspectives

• Authors: Gerasymenko Anzhelika , Mazaraki Nataliia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article gives an overview of Ukrainian legislation and experiences concerning antitrust damages actions. The analysis has led to a number of conclusions: private claims are rare in Ukraine due to difficulties in obtaining evidence, high legal costs, and lacking confidence in the Ukrainian court system. The paper gives examples of Ukrainian private antitrust enforcement practice and provides a statistical analysis of the dynamics of ‘compensated’ damages caused by antitrust infringements in Ukraine. The value of ‘compensated’ damages is compared to the value of the economic effect of stopping antitrust infringements, as well as to the value of the overall welfare loss deriving from market power in the national economy. Finally, some new sources of damages caused by market power are discussed considering the development perspectives of this branch of antitrust activity.

Keywords

EN

antitrust damages actions; private antitrust enforcement; harm from antitrust infringement; non-infringement scenario; economic effect of cease of antitrust infringements; welfare loss from market power

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 8(12)
• Pages: 195-214

Dates

published

2015-12-31

Contributors

author

Gerasymenko Anzhelika

• Associate Professor at the Chair of Economics and Competition Policy of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics

author

Mazaraki Nataliia

• Associate Professor at the Chair of Commercial Law of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics (Ukraine)

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Identifiers

ISSN

1689-9024