Regulation and competition policy are two alternative modalities by which the state intervenes in the market. In order … varieties of market failures and identify those for which regulation is best address (cooperation failures such as The Fishing … regulation in jurisdictions where institutions are weak. The reasons are: information intensity and asymmetry being greater with …

field of regulation and antitrust, raises important issues in organizational and institutional economics. The economics … consider the subtle complementarity and substitutability between competition policy and ex-ante regulation, and its …

a reform in Brazil that imposed limits on campaign spending for mayoral elections. These limits were implemented with a …