EU ANTITRUST: HOT TOPICS & NEXT STEPS

EU ANTITRUST: HOT TOPICS & NEXT STEPS 2022

Prague, Czechia

Figure 1. Conceptual model of Effectiveness of antimonopoly policy in BiH

Figure 2 represents the effectiveness of antimonopoly policy (EAP) values during the period 2007–2017 according to available data from The World Bank where it is possible to observe a significantly lower average value of the EAP index in the period 2008–2009 during the great financial crisis where the state focused on maintaining economic activities but because of that the EAP index decreased. During the time of stable economic growth, the growth of the EAP index can be noticed in line with the dynamics of GDP growth and was above the world EAP average in 2014, but it can be expected that 2020 and 2021 will again be marked by a significant decline in the EAP index due to the crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic. Figure 2. Trends of EAP

Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=BA (own elaboration, 2021)

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