The market unity principle is an amphibological creation of the Constitutional Court to strengthen the prohibition of certain exorbitant interventions by the regions. This paper criticizes the existence and use of such an euphemistic reinforcement, which contradicts the latent preference for...

Inherent Defects Insurance (IDI) for new housing buildings is mandatory in Spain since 2000. The instauration of this legal requirement prompted an upsurge in the IDI market in the following years. Being confronted with competition, major insurance carriers active in that market promoted a...

Competition law and regulation had played a prominent role in the process of construction and liberalization of the internal energy market in the EU. Several transactions in the last decade have shown the difficulties of the process and how Member States may occasionally make a political use of...

Competition policy is conceived to preserve and promote free market competition. It is fleshed out through a mix of tools that are used to further consumer welfare by preserving and promoting the efficient functioning of markets. Courts, administrative authorities and governments play different...

The new EU initiative on collective redress reflects an evolution European Commission's position on private antitrust enforcement. The current approach of the Commission has more modest goals than those set by the White Paper (2008) and the Draft proposal of Directive Directive on rules...

This paper analyses the legal measures adopted to implement Directive 2014/104/EU into Spanish law. After briefly looking at the context of private enforcement of competition law in Spain, it examines the process followed for the transposition and the issues discussed before the adoption of the...

We study empirically the determinants of public tomb prices in a sample of Spanish towns. We document strong evidence in favor that cemeteries act as local monopolies that use second degree price discrimination to maximize profits. Additionally we report that local cemetery prices react to...

Ecuador and Bolivia have proved resilient to the establishment and the adoption of Competition Laws. Despite several drafts have been discussed in the last few years, to date no competition rules have been enacted.Notwithstanding, both are members of the Andean Community which have recently...

Spanish Abstract: El propósito de este artículo es dar cuenta de las principales aportaciones que el análisis económico del Derecho (AED) ha hecho en el estudio e investigación del Derecho de sociedades en España. Seguramente, el principal aporte ha consistido en enfatizar el carácter...

Spanish Abstract: Análisis la regla de suspensión del derecho de voto de las acciones sobre el umbral que obliga a una sociedad cotizada a lanzar una Oferta Pública de Adquisición (OPA). Esta regla es el mecanismo de enlace y de coordinación de la legislación sobre el mercado de valores (y...