lack of competition

collocation in English

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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this article we examine public choice explanations that attribute corruption to alackofcompetitionin either political or economic arenas or both.
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Due to the over-centralised planned economy and thelackofcompetitionmany goods and services were scarce.
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Palacios also found that classroom levels of affiliation among the learners,lackofcompetition, and clear task orientation were associated with lower anxiety levels.
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I argue that three factors -lackofcompetition, the pull of primary electorates and the costs of candidate movement - jointly foster candidate divergence.
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In the long run,lackofcompetitionmight reduce the quality and efficiency of the remaining public service, thus harming all consumers of the service.
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Moreover, government was not obliged to cover its costs because of thelackofcompetition.
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These newer drugs also have higher drug prices, due to their patent protections andlackofcompetitionfrom generic drugs.
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This relates tolackofcompetition, a situation usually seen as problematic in economics.
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These results indicate thatlackofcompetitionis likely to have a much more adverse impact on growth in low-income countries.
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Despite suppressed lending rates to favored categories and relatively high reserve requirements, banks retained considerable profit margins resulting from thelackofcompetition.
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At the same time, my theory suggests that more than thelackofcompetitionalone is responsible for the degree to which candidates offer voters real choices.
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Avant examines the emergence of this market, drawing our attention to thelackofcompetitionand transparency that exists at present.
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We suggest that high abundance of fruits promotes group foraging during the later hours of the night because of an apparentlackofcompetitionbetween conspecifics.
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The main shortcomings of the present sugar regime are thelackofcompetition, market distortions and high prices.
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We know that one of the defects of our economic society is alackofcompetition.
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With hindsight, it is thelackofcompetitiondue to the privatisation of the electricity industry which has brought us to this pass.
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We have already experienced disadvantage fromlackofcompetitionand real alternative sources of supply as a result of the privatisation of other industries.
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I see alackofcompetitionappearing here.
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Lackofcompetitionhas destroyed their ability to deliver the goods.
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The problems of monopoly andlackofcompetitionmust also be overcome.
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Is it thelackofcompetition?
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I start with the first of the three considerations, thelackofcompetitionand real choice on transatlantic routes.
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It is not only about sorting out how football is played, but about the fact that there is alackofcompetitionin that marketplace.
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I cannot share his view that the only problem islackofcompetitionin some sectors.
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The market on its own seems to be very happy with thelackofcompetition.
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