This paper was prepared as background for a discussion held at the OECD in October 2015 on disruptive innovations and their effect on competition. It describes what disruptive innovation is, provides some examples, and uses them to raise a number of questions for the discussion. It focuses on...

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on competition issues in liner shipping. It discusses the main developments and competition issues in the sector, namely, regulation in different countries, the role of liner shipping consortia and...

This paper was prepared as background for a discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on oligopoly markets. It focuses on collusion and conduct facilitating collusion in oligopolies. It provides a brief introduction to the notion of agreement, covers merger control and the analysis of the...

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held at the OECD in December 2015 on Across Platform Parity Agreements. It summarises the economic theory and case law as it relates to recent cases involving vertical agreements specifying horizontal price links.

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held at the OECD in October 2015 on Cartels Involving Intermediate Goods. It discusses the specific nature of cartels in intermediate goods and to examine the bearing this may have on their functioning and detection. The paper also...

This paper was prepared as a background material for a second discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on Auctions and Tenders. It explores abnormally low tenders as well as partitioning public procurement tenders into lots.

This paper explores the relationship between retailer buyer and seller power as to understand the dynamic process through which retailing is going and the direction it is heading and how it might be affected by regulation. It was prepared as background material for the session "Structural Issues...

This paper reviews how competition and the existence of anticompetitive practices have recently evolved in the supermarket sector in Latin America. It was prepared as background material for the session "Structural Issues in the Groceries Sector" held at the 2015 Latin American and Caribbean...

This paper was prepared as background for a discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on the relationship between public and private antitrust enforcement. It reviews developments with private enforcement in selected jurisdictions and discusses the main instruments used at national level to...

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held at the 2015 OECD Global Forum on Competition on the relationship between competition and employment. It explores the underlying mechanisms through which competition creates employment.