THEORY OF COMPETITION AND PECULIARITIES OF COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT UPBUILDING IN UKRAINE
The article explores the academic interpretation of competition, the emergence of various assumptions and the theory of elucidation of competition as a phenomenon. The article has delineated the market entry conditions for competitors, known in the economic literature as "barriers to entry". Two types of competition have been outlined: sellers' competition and competition among buyers of goods and services. The article has defined the concepts of perfect competition, perfect monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopology. The article has specified the peculiarities of competitive environment up-building in Ukraine and the elements of the governmental policy in the field of competition.