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Price fixing is an agreement or collusion to manipulate a market for the advantage of those participating in the agreement, usually harming other market participants. | Price fixing is an agreement or collusion to manipulate a market for the advantage of those participating in the agreement, usually harming other market participants. | ||
This is illegal in almost all jurisdictions and markets. | This is illegal in almost all jurisdictions and markets. | ||
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The term may also be used for the calculation and publication of a market reference price by a legitimate authority. | |||
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The legitimate establishment of a price to be used in a contract, under the terms of the contract, often by reference to a market benchmark price. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Antitrust law]] | * [[Antitrust law]] | ||
* [[Benchmark]] | |||
* [[Cartel]] | * [[Cartel]] | ||
* [[Competition policy]] | * [[Competition policy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:23, 27 August 2019
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Price fixing is an agreement or collusion to manipulate a market for the advantage of those participating in the agreement, usually harming other market participants.
This is illegal in almost all jurisdictions and markets.
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The term may also be used for the calculation and publication of a market reference price by a legitimate authority.
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The legitimate establishment of a price to be used in a contract, under the terms of the contract, often by reference to a market benchmark price.
