Spanish Abstract: El control a las concentraciones empresariales constituye una de las más importantes expresiones del derecho de la competencia. En efecto esta herramienta le permite a la autoridad de la competencia (cuando el control es previo como en el caso colombiano) impedir que se lleven...

The purpose of this document is to assess two questions that have a positive and normative nature respectively: 1) What incentives does the legal and institutional framework of the European Community (EC) and the United States (Federal level) provide to the different agents involved in antitrust...

The predominance of oligopolies in Latin American (Latam) markets poses an important challenge for competition authorities (CAs). In the first place, CAs must enforce competition laws in markets where it is difficult to distinguish between conducts originated on collusive agreements among...

State's policies for agricultural markets may vary significantly among jurisdictions. Interest groups exercise a great deal of pressure over State organisms, ranging from the Congress to the Executive agencies that regulate or survey these markets. Therefore, a special treatment awarded by the...

The national government of Colombia and the FARC guerrilla started a peace negotiation in late 2012 to terminate a prolonged and devastating armed conflict. Up to date, they have advanced in three of the six main points of the negotiation agenda. While different State agencies have estimated the...

Antitrust Law can be described as the set of legal rules that regulate the current or potential power of the companies on a certain market, on behalf of public interest. In practice, the Antitrust Law prohibits the execution of restrictive competition practices, the acquisition of a dominant...

Spanish Abstract: Las sociedades que cuentan con abundantes recursos naturales no renovables pueden transformar dicho capital natural en otros tipos de capital (p. ej. humano, producido, infraestructura) a través de diferentes canales. Para los gobiernos que deben administrar la riqueza de los...

Merger review is one of the most important aspects of Competition Law. This tool allows competition authorities (when the review is ex ante as in the Colombian case) to hinder the transactions that unduly restrict competition or authorize them under certain conditions - through merger remedies -...

Competition policies were established in Panama, for the first time, through the enactment of the Law 29 of 1996 that constitutes their general consumer protection and competition regime. After the enactment of the Law 29 there has been an important regulatory development and issuance of...

Current living conditions of Colombian smallholders and the bottlenecks that restrain agriculture’s progress justify the exploration and implementation of public policies aimed at rural development. This dissertation focuses on rural development through smallholders’ agricultural...