The commented book offers a solid and convincing critique about the origins and evolution of competition policy in Latin America, which probably could be extended elsewhere. Some of the assumptions on which the competition authorities act are unsound and farfetched, this causes notable...

The 1990s witnessed significant regulatory changes in several Spanish network industries, such as electricity, telecommunications, natural gas and oil. This article provides an assessment of these developments, aiming to ascertain what goals policy-makers sought to achieve with the deregulation...

In this paper, we study a large sample of Spanish firms acquired by private equity funds in leveraged buyout transactions. Leveraged buyouts are controversial in the U.S., yet European researchers link leveraged buyouts and growth. We argue that growth is merely industry consolidation, not...