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No. 310 | 07 Jun 2024 |
The intersection between competition and data privacy
Data plays an increasingly important role for online platforms and the majority of digital business models. Along with data becoming central to competition and the conduct of actors in digital markets, there has been an increase in data privacy... |
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No. 309 | 22 May 2024 |
Pro-competitive industrial policy
Recent global developments, and a number of serious crises, have led to large government interventions in many jurisdictions, driving a debate on whether there is a need to rethink the role of industrial policy in modern economies. This paper... |
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No. 308 | 20 May 2024 |
Monopolisation, moat building and entrenchment strategies
Competition authorities have already acquired significant knowledge about the concept of market power and dominance as well as practical experience when assessing anticompetitive practices. However, the introduction of potential new concepts, such as... |
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No. 307 | 17 May 2024 |
Competition and regulation in professions and occupations
The regulation of occupations is widespread, extending beyond the liberal professions, such as lawyers and engineers, to a broader set of other economic activities. Competition authorities have long been active in improving competition in these... |
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No. 306 | 05 May 2023 |
Competition and Sports
This note was prepared as a background note for a discussion held on the topic during the 2023 OECD-IDB Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum held in September 2023 in Ecuador. |
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No. 305 | 03 Nov 2023 |
Out-of-Market Efficiencies in Competition Enforcement
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Out-of-market efficiencies in competition enforcement” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee. |
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No. 304 | 31 Oct 2023 |
The Optimal Design, Organisation and Powers of Competition Authorities
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “The Optimal Design, Organisation and Powers of Competition Authorities” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party No. 3 on Co-operation... |
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No. 303 | 26 Oct 2023 |
Serial Acquisitions and Industry Roll-ups
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Serial Acquisitions and Industry Roll-ups” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee. |
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No. 302 | 25 Oct 2023 |
Ex-post Assessment of Merger Remedies
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Ex-post Assessment of Merger Remedies” taking place at the 2023 Global Forum on Competition on 7-8 December 2023, |
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No. 301 | 24 Oct 2023 |
The Role of Innovation in Competition Enforcement
This paper reviews how competition authorities have incorporated innovation as part of their assessment in enforcement cases. It explores scenarios that have considered innovation from a static perspective, mostly analysing current and potential... |
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No. 300 | 18 Oct 2023 |
Competition and Professional Sports
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Competition and Professional Sports” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation. |
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No. 299 | 09 Jun 2023 |
The Future of Effective Leniency Programmes: Advancing Detection and Deterrence of Cartels
Leniency programmes are a powerful detection tool for competition authorities. Over the period 2015-2021, the number of leniency applications in OECD jurisdictions dropped by 58% and the same trend can be observed across most regions. This Note... |
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No. 298 | 30 May 2023 |
Competition in the Circular Economy
This paper focuses on how competition, economic growth, and the shift to a circular economy interact. It was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Competition in the Circular Economy” taking place at the June 2023 session of the OECD... |
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No. 297 | 11 May 2023 |
Communication by Competition Authorities: Objectives and Tools
This paper discusses the main benefits of an effective communication strategy and the tools available to competition authorities to communicate the benefits of competition. It was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Assessing and... |
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No. 296 | 10 May 2023 |
Algorithmic Competition
Companies increasingly use algorithms to set prices and create or enhance new products and services. While algorithms can result in many efficiency-enhancing and pro-competitive effects, they can also be used by firms to restrict competition.... |
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No. 295 | 05 May 2023 |
Consumer Welfare Standards - Advantages and Disadvantages Compared to Alternative Standards
Standards in competition policy, such as the consumer welfare standard or the protecting competition standard, are the subject of considerable debate. This paper considers the relative advantages and disadvantages of alternative standards by first... |
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No. 294 | 05 May 2023 |
Competition and Innovation: A Theoretical Perspective
This background note reviews the relationship between competition and innovation in both directions. This is, how competition can help boosting innovation and how innovation can shape competition. It focuses on the theoretical perspective to try to... |
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No. 293 | 03 May 2023 |
Theories of Harm for Digital Mergers
By mapping theories of harm that have been applied in recent digital merger cases and considering the analyses that have already been undertaken, this note explores the question of whether existing theories of harm are well suited or should be... |
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No. 292 | 03 May 2023 |
Competition and Poverty: The role of Competition Authorities
Fighting poverty remains a top priority and a key challenge to many countries including in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Although LAC countries have strengthened their competition policy in the past decade, poverty has increased in the... |
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No. 291 | 23 Dec 2022 |
Director Disqualification and Bidder Exclusion in Competition Enforcement
This paper sets out the objectives and scope of application of debarment sanctions in different jurisdictions; describes the practical issues associated with their application; and suggests ways to maximise their effectiveness. It was prepared as a... |
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The intersection between competition and data privacy
OECD
07 Jun 2024
Data plays an increasingly important role for online platforms and the majority of digital business models. Along with data becoming central to competition and the conduct of actors in digital markets, there has been an increase in data privacy...
Pro-competitive industrial policy
OECD
22 May 2024
Recent global developments, and a number of serious crises, have led to large government interventions in many jurisdictions, driving a debate on whether there is a need to rethink the role of industrial policy in modern economies. This paper...
Monopolisation, moat building and entrenchment strategies
OECD
20 May 2024
Competition authorities have already acquired significant knowledge about the concept of market power and dominance as well as practical experience when assessing anticompetitive practices. However, the introduction of potential new concepts, such as...
Competition and regulation in professions and occupations
OECD
17 May 2024
The regulation of occupations is widespread, extending beyond the liberal professions, such as lawyers and engineers, to a broader set of other economic activities. Competition authorities have long been active in improving competition in these...
Competition and Sports
OECD
05 May 2023
This note was prepared as a background note for a discussion held on the topic during the 2023 OECD-IDB Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum held in September 2023 in Ecuador.
Out-of-Market Efficiencies in Competition Enforcement
OECD
03 Nov 2023
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Out-of-market efficiencies in competition enforcement” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee.
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “The Optimal Design, Organisation and Powers of Competition Authorities” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party No. 3 on Co-operation...
Serial Acquisitions and Industry Roll-ups
OECD
26 Oct 2023
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Serial Acquisitions and Industry Roll-ups” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee.
Ex-post Assessment of Merger Remedies
OECD
25 Oct 2023
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Ex-post Assessment of Merger Remedies” taking place at the 2023 Global Forum on Competition on 7-8 December 2023,
The Role of Innovation in Competition Enforcement
OECD
24 Oct 2023
This paper reviews how competition authorities have incorporated innovation as part of their assessment in enforcement cases. It explores scenarios that have considered innovation from a static perspective, mostly analysing current and potential...
Competition and Professional Sports
OECD
18 Oct 2023
This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Competition and Professional Sports” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation.
The Future of Effective Leniency Programmes: Advancing Detection and Deterrence of Cartels
OECD
09 Jun 2023
Leniency programmes are a powerful detection tool for competition authorities. Over the period 2015-2021, the number of leniency applications in OECD jurisdictions dropped by 58% and the same trend can be observed across most regions. This Note...
Competition in the Circular Economy
OECD
30 May 2023
This paper focuses on how competition, economic growth, and the shift to a circular economy interact. It was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Competition in the Circular Economy” taking place at the June 2023 session of the OECD...
Communication by Competition Authorities: Objectives and Tools
OECD
11 May 2023
This paper discusses the main benefits of an effective communication strategy and the tools available to competition authorities to communicate the benefits of competition. It was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Assessing and...
Algorithmic Competition
OECD
10 May 2023
Companies increasingly use algorithms to set prices and create or enhance new products and services. While algorithms can result in many efficiency-enhancing and pro-competitive effects, they can also be used by firms to restrict competition....
Consumer Welfare Standards - Advantages and Disadvantages Compared to Alternative Standards
OECD
05 May 2023
Standards in competition policy, such as the consumer welfare standard or the protecting competition standard, are the subject of considerable debate. This paper considers the relative advantages and disadvantages of alternative standards by first...
Competition and Innovation: A Theoretical Perspective
OECD
05 May 2023
This background note reviews the relationship between competition and innovation in both directions. This is, how competition can help boosting innovation and how innovation can shape competition. It focuses on the theoretical perspective to try to...
Theories of Harm for Digital Mergers
OECD
03 May 2023
By mapping theories of harm that have been applied in recent digital merger cases and considering the analyses that have already been undertaken, this note explores the question of whether existing theories of harm are well suited or should be...
Competition and Poverty: The role of Competition Authorities
OECD
03 May 2023
Fighting poverty remains a top priority and a key challenge to many countries including in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Although LAC countries have strengthened their competition policy in the past decade, poverty has increased in the...
This paper sets out the objectives and scope of application of debarment sanctions in different jurisdictions; describes the practical issues associated with their application; and suggests ways to maximise their effectiveness. It was prepared as a...