o:28590 The anatomy of price gouging a regulatory or competition law antidote en Abstract: Unlike other natural disasters, the coronavirus disease pandemic is global in character, which is why interest among researchers in the price gouging phenomenon is on the rise. Without disputing many solid arguments favouring the market mechanism, we will reconsider the goals and means of potential government intervention. One possibility lies in economic regulation, the other in competition law. In the first case, price ceilings are usually imposed for necessary goods, followed by rationing and export restrictions. On the other hand, competition policy focuses on preventing the exercise of temporary market power. We will try to show that market failures can provide specific arguments for regulation but relying on competition protection policy seems unjustified. Still, since the critical issue is defining excessive prices in the short run, we expect competition authorities to address this issue, considering that they are permanently monitoring various markets. Keywords: Price gouging; Excessive prices; Competition law; Regulation; Windfall market power 1552099 10.51204/Anali_PFBU_22201A 1552101 0003-2565 2023-04-03T13:16:22.350Z 44 no 46 Nikola Njegovan Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet 20243047 0000-0002-9531-3231 Bojan Ristić Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 8682855 0000-0002-9883-8914 application/pdf 290879 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:28590 no yes 16 70 1552253 11A03 Anali Pravnog fakulteta u Beogradu 70 2 373 397 2022