Se analiza la regulación tarifaria óptima de un monopolista que enfrenta una restricción de servicio universal obligatoria efectiva en el sentido que no es posible diseñar una tarifa en dos partes no discriminatoria que satisfaga simultáneamente la restricción de autofinanciamiento del...

This paper analyzes the efficiency of the Price Cap regulatory scheme and its impact on universal access, when the monopolist is allowed to set a menu of alternative plans as part of a self-selection strategy (second-degree price discrimination) and the cap is calculated as the weighted average...

This paper analyzes the efficiency of the Price Cap regulatory scheme and its impact on universal access, when the monopolist is allowed to set a menu of alternative plans as part of a self-selection strategy (second-degree price discrimination) and the cap is calculated as the weighted average...

We analyze the effect of introducing a minimum mandatory health insurance plan in a segmented market in which high risks are affiliated to the public insurer and low risks to the private ones (market segmentation is endogenously obtained in our model). We assume both types of insurers must...

En este trabajo se analizan los diferentes patrones de especialización productiva seguidos por inversionistas extranjeros en la industria del vino en Chile; en particular, su efecto sobre la estructura de propiedad que la firma escoge para su nuevo negocio vitivinícola. Existe evidencia que...

Over the last twenty years there has been a deep concentration process in the Pension Fund Manager (AFPs) industry in Chile (from 21 firms in 1994 to only 6 in 2012). A major concern with the concentration of this industry is that firms might be able to exercise market power. However,...

In September 2005, the Chilean Competition Authority filed a complaint against the 5 largest private health insurance providers for violation of antitrust laws. The 5 providers were accused of colluding to reduce the coverage of the plans offered to customers between March 2002 and March 2003....