Market concentration in manufacturing of the czech republic and antimonopoly policy

The study focuses on patterns and trends in concentration in the Czech manufacturing during the period 1989 - 1997. In the 90s Czech manufacturing experienced rapid and deep change in the market structures. Most of manufacturing markets de-concentrated between 1989 - 1995. Rapid change occurred between 1989 and 1992, small change between 1994 - 1997. During last two years tendency towards new concentration can be observed in selected markets. As by 1997, one fifths of manufacturing production has been produced on the markets where share of largest producer was more than 50 %. In the Czech manufacturing, monopoly and oligopoly market structures survived or newly emerged also in some markets in which technological advantage of high concentration cannon be proved by comparison of concentration levels with selected EU markets.

Keywords: market structure, market concentration, anti-monopoly policy