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RATIONALISATION AGREEMENT

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Definition:
A Rationalization agreement is an agreement (generally approved or authorized by government) between firms in an industry to close down inefficient plants, reduce excess capacity and realign production in order to increase overall industry efficiency and performance.

Source Publication:
Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law, compiled by R. S. Khemani and D. M. Shapiro, commissioned by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD, 1993.

Hyperlink:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/8/61/2376087.pdf

Statistical Theme: Financial statistics

Created on Thursday, January 3, 2002

Last updated on Wednesday, January 30, 2002