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Tropical medicine: The economics and the evolving practice of antitrust remedies in Brazil

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  • Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro

    (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Antitrust remedies are a central part of the competition policy toolbox. Their actual use and design depends on interrelated factors such as the Antitrust Authority's analytical capabilities, institutional design and bargaining power. Economics can contribute to the design of remedies, using a transaction cost, principal-agent incomplete contract framework, as remedies are generally drawn as an agreement between the Authority and parties under extensive information asymmetries. This provides a rationale for the principles and policies' choices of the Brazilian Antitrust Authority, CADE, on remedies over the past decade. There has been a shift towards agreements instead of unilaterally imposed remedies, extensive use of trustees and communication by an Antitrust Remedies Guide to signal CADE's policies.

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  • Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, 2020. "Tropical medicine: The economics and the evolving practice of antitrust remedies in Brazil," Russian Journal of Economics, ARPHA Platform, vol. 6(3), pages 294-314, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:arh:jrujec:v:6:y:2020:i:3:p:294-314
    DOI: 10.32609/j.ruje.6.51143
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    antitrust remedies mergers Brazil.;

    JEL classification:

    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies

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