Even when the majority of economists agree on the benefits of free trade, everywhere we turn to, trade is restricted. In contexts where politicians offer different policy options and voters demand them based on their individual preferences, one may ask what determines personal preferences on...

The Competition Legislation in Uruguay is of recent date (2001), and since its approval the authority in charge of its application, the General Bureau of Commerce (Dirección General de Comercio) has carried out its first investigations. One of the most debated cases was the one of the bear...