Economics applied to law is as old as Bentham, Ricardo, Smith and Marx. It is also as varied as these authors are from one another. However, when we talk today about the economic analysis of law, or simply law and economics (L&E), generally one version is meant: namely, the one born to the...

This article explores alternatives to the proscribed ideal of perfect competition and allocative efficiency that are more suitable to countries in the Global South. Seeking perfect competition in order to realize allocative efficiency is not only an unsuitable guide for competition enforcement...

This paper extends the critique of efficiency and disregard for redistribution in mainstream law and economic analyses to development studies. It presents, through the work of Duncan Kennedy on left-wing law and economics, an alternative framework for development that is liberated from the...

This paper presents a statistical study of public antitrust enforcement in developing countries. It illustrates what really happens with antitrust laws in developing countries after they are put into force. Counter to predictions predominant in the literature, this research shows that developing...

This Article outlines the different policy alternatives that could guide antitrust enforcement in developing countries. These include efficiency-based goals (allocative, productive, economic, and dynamic efficiency) and non-efficiency-based goals (protecting small businesses; achieving...