相对优势地位理论质疑

Questions About the Relatively Dominant Position Theory

相对优势地位理论强调了企业之间的相互力量对比,并认为当交易方在一定情况下具有类似在市场中处于垄断地位的企业的市场力量时,会使得交易相对方“依赖于”该企业,从而引起竞争法上的效果。依据对资产专用性理论,从沉没成本引起的利益判断、进入障碍和市场划分的关系的分析,以及对相对优势地位理论的相关判例的解析,可以看出该理论存在重大的缺陷,其实施不仅无法规范市场竞争秩序,还会造成理论和实务上的混乱。

The relatively dominant position theory emphasizes an inter-enterprises comparison. It holds that in certain circumstances, where a trader possesses a power similar to a monopoly, the opposite party may become “dependent on” the trader, which is likely to entail consequences in competition law. This paper, based on the special assets theory and in view of the judgment of the interests incurred by sunk cost, analyzes the relationships between the access barriers and the division of markets and examines the decided cases related to the relatively dominant position theory. In this author’s opinion, this theory has severe defects and bugs. Accordingly, its application cannot execute the order of market competition and may result in theoretical and practical chaos.