Concentrazione di Mercato nell'Industria Automobilistica Italiana e i suoi Effetti per i Consumatori

It is well established in academic literature that when Industry concentration leads to decreasing levels of competition, consequences arise for economies and specially for consumers. By focusing on the latter, the following paper aims at analyzing the effects that increasing concentration in the Italian automotive market has had on the consumers of such market. With an emphasis on prices and product innovation, such an aim is achieved by providing evidence of market concentration in the mentioned industry, explaining competitive strategy from a microeconomics perspective, analyzing the evolution of costs or benefits for consumers through-out time, and finally addressing current problematics such as common and cross ownership.