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Economic Analysis Of The Dominican Republic Competition Law, Fanny Solano Agramonte, Monika Infante
Economic Analysis Of The Dominican Republic Competition Law, Fanny Solano Agramonte, Monika Infante
Fanny Solano Agramonte
After the recent enactment of General Defense Competition Law No. 42-08 of the Dominican Republic and the culmination of a discussion process of more than a decade, it is of special relevance to perform an economic analysis of this new law, from a substantive, institutional and procedural approach. In this paper, the authors perform a comprehensive economic analysis of the new legislation, reviewing each individual section of the piece, and using as reference for the analysis the regulatory framework of the United States of America Antirust Law and the European Union Competition Law provisions.
Análisis De La Necesidad De Una Ley De Competencia En La República Dominicana, Fanny Solano Agramonte
Análisis De La Necesidad De Una Ley De Competencia En La República Dominicana, Fanny Solano Agramonte
Fanny Solano Agramonte
The Dominican Republic is one of the few countries of Latin America that at the moment lacks a Competition Law which would allow it to identify and sanction certain practices that restrict competition. Although the Dominican Constitution consecrates a market economy and prohibits monopolies, and although the Dominican government has made efforts to equip this country with a legal framework to promote and protect competition, the results have been little. The purpose of this article is to analyse the existing regulation of competition of the Dominican Republic, reviewing the social, economic and political context in order to explain the difficulties …