Authors
Skokov R.
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Degree
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PHD in Economics, Associate Professor, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Volgograd State Agricultural University» |
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E-mail
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rskokov@mail.ru |
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Location
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Volgograd |
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Articles
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Monopoly vs competition: condition, scenarios and factors in markets of addictive goodsIn Russia in the 90‑ies of XX century in the markets of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, gambling,
the system of competition through deregulation, de-monopolization and liberalization of economic
activities were created without taking into account the specificity of these goods, theoretical assumptions,
practice and experience of Scandinavian countries, similar with our country in consumption
patterns. With an increase of the crisis phenomena in economy the Russian government turns for replenishment
to the markets of addictive goods, which could happen at the current stage. The publication
presents the actual competitive characteristics of markets for addictive goods, the main scenarios
of institutional regulation of these markets and factors of their implementation. The market of alcohol
products is a market of monopolistic competition. The specificity of the competitive conditions on the
market of tobacco products and energy drinks market can attribute them to oligopolistic. Government
controlled gambling markets within the borders of the gambling zones, as well as licensed games in
bookmaker offices and the totes, are regulated by oligopolies. On the black market the gambling institutions
continue their activity with the possibility to concentrate into a monopoly. The drug market works
under following conditions: the official state ban; strict state monopoly on the cultivation of narcotic
plants for use in scientific, educational purposes, in expert and other legitimate activities; the shadow
monopoly structures in the form of cartels, syndicates or multi-purpose organized criminal groups. The
field of institutional changes on the market of addictive goods is determined within the framework of
the inertial, modernizational, state-monopolistic and prohibitionist scenarios, which saving factors are
political, economic, social, foreign, emergency ones, their impact is different in the markets of alcohol
products, tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, gambling games, energy drinks, drugs.
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