Working Papers
2021
Working Paper nº006/2021- New developments on market definition
This document seeks to bring new approaches to four types of methodology: critical loss methodology; aggregate deviation ratio methodology; use of simulations and analysis of counterfactual situations. This is an effort to update quantitative techniques applied to the debate on defining the Relevant Market.
Key words: Relevant Market; Critical loss; Aggregate Deviation Rate; Aggregate deviation ratio; Simulation; Counterfactual analysis; Cost-to-price Transmission Rate.
Guide: Paramenters for submitting evidence in leniency applications.
This document analyzes the evidentiary requirements demanded by the jurisprudence of the Court of Cade for condemning cartels is a relevant parameter to guide the judgment evidence of proposed leniency agreements.
Key words: leniency, cartel
2018
Working Paper No. 001/2018 - Competition Effects of the Sharing Economy in Brazil: Has Uber's entry affected the cab-hailing app market from 2014 to 2016? (English Version)
Assesses the competition effects of Uber’s entry into the incumbent cab-hailing app market.
Key words: sharing economy, ridesharing service, competition policy, taxi, Uber
Estimates the fuel retailer cartel damages in the South of Brazil using reduced and structural forms for supply and demand.
Key words: cartel; reduced form estimation; policy evaluation
Working Paper Nº 001/2016 - Identification of the Relevant Geographic Market for hospitals in Brazil
Analysis of the delimitation of hospitals’ relevant geographic market and the current location of private hospitals in the major cities of Brazil.
Key words: hospitals, geographic market, competition
2015
Working Paper No. 003/15 - Post entry rivalry - the immediate impact of Uber's app on taxi rides (English Version)
This Working Paper evaluates the immediate economic impacts of the entry of Uber’s app in the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and in the Federal District, during the first semester of 2015.
Key words: Uber, taxi, rivalry
Working Paper No. 002/15 - Cement Inputs Market: structural aspects and empirical exercise
This Working Paper describes the supply chain of cement and concrete, by analyzing structural aspects that may influence the free competition in the sector.
Key words: slag, limestone, cement, concrete, vertical integration
Working Paper No. 001/15 - The market of individual transport of passengers: regulation, externalities and urban balance (English Version)
This Working Paper addresses regulatory and economic aspects of the market of individual transport of passengers, more specifically of the market of taxi rides and of ride sharing.
Key words: taxis, ride sharing, regulation, externalities, urban balance
Working Paper No. 001/14 - Competition indicators
This Working Paper discusses the adoption of competition indicators to guide antitrust practices in Brazil.
Key words: sectorial indicators, database
Working Paper No. 001/10 - Delimitation of Relevant Markets
This Working Paper submits a summary of quantitative methods that may be used for the delimitation of relevant market, by making a review of the methods used in the Brazilian Competition Defense System and at its end, the Working Paper sets recommendations of use and an identification of trends and suggestions of methods application.
Key words: Hypothetical Monopolist Test, deviation rates, price correlation, events studies, qualitative researches
2009
Working Paper No. 001/09 - Demand Analysis
This Working Paper exposes the common set of most important methodologies for empirical analysis of demand and presents the use of these methods in selected mergers. At the end, the Working Paper makes recommendations for practical use of the described methods.
Key words: demand models, homogenous products, differentiated goods