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Are mobile networks always a substitute...

Local Loop Unbundling (“LLU”) is the process by which an incumbent fixed...

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Review of the Competition Commission Banking...

The regulatory entities capacity building project, run by the Centre for Competition,...

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Review of economic regulation of the...

The telecommunications sector is characterised by incumbent firms that benefit from network...

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Competition, barriers to entry and inclusive...

Telecommunications is one of the facilitators of economic growth and participation. As...

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The potential of e-commerce in South...

The rise of online retail internationally has raised an apocalyptic spectre of...

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The Competition Amendment Act: draft price...

The rise of online retail internationally has raised an apocalyptic spectre of...

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Strategies for Adapting to Online Entry

E-commerce in South Africa has grown exponentially over the last decade with...

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Online Retailing in South Africa: An...

Technological advances are changing the way in which economies operate around the...

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The importance of economics in assessing...

The rise of online retail internationally has raised an apocalyptic spectre of...

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The Competition Amendment Act: draft price...

The rise of online retail internationally has raised an apocalyptic spectre of...

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Issues In the Regulation and Policy...

E-Commerce, described broadly as the purchase of items over the internet, is...

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The Impact of Digital Platforms on...

Digital platform power and the impact on competition in markets is of...

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E-commerce and potential responses in an...

There has been much concern over Minister Ebrahim Patel’s arguments that allowing...

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Digitalisation In Africa and its Impact…

In recent years, the significant improvements in technology and introduction of digital...

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Basic income grant options for South...

The recent unrest in South Africa prompted the Acacia Economics team to...

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E-commerce in a post Covid-19 era:...

The term e-commerce has a range of definitions. At its widest, it...

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The Judicial Review of Economic Evidence

Economic concepts are integral to competition analysis and to economic regulation but...

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Economic Regulation for Green Hydrogen

Economic regulation is necessary to restrain the abuse of market power by...

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Is competition the missing piece in...

Every delay at South Africa’s ports ripples across the economy, from exporters...

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Webinar: SA-TIED Seminar Series: Reforming ports...

In this #SATIED Seminar Series Ryan Hawthorne presents new research on South...

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Reforming ports for rivalry in South...

The port sector in South Africa is currently undergoing significant reforms, with...

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Policy interventions in South Africa and...

Ownership of assets, including land, businesses, stocks, bonds, and cash, plays an...

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Serial Acquisitions: A Frameworkfor Analysis

Enforcement agencies have amended laws and guidelines in recent years to deal...

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Rethinking economic regulation of the energy...

The energy sector in South Africa is in a state of transition...

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