PROJECTS

Anti-Competitive Medical Practices Framework, New Zealand

How we helped

Castalia devised questions about anti-competitive medical admissions practices for the Commerce Commission to ask. The answers would identify practices that limited competition. We developed a counterfactual of market entry pathways with no unjustified barriers. For each pathway, we identified the barriers that medical associations might impose to reduce competition.

Impact

Castalia’s anti-competitive medical practices framework questions helped the Commission to distinguish between quality-based entry restrictions and competition-limiting barriers. Our methodology allowed the Commission to conclude that other medical associations were not using admissions practices to reduce competition.

Our team

Alex Sundakov

Alex Sundakov

Executive Director

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