Publications & Documents

OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America Newsletter

Published twice a year, this newsletter reports on the activities of the OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America. It shares regional experiences and recent developments from the economies in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Fostering Competition in ASEAN: Primers for judges

The 2018 CLIP Competition Primers for ASEAN Judges are a series of information sheets designed to offer practical guidance to members of the judiciary when analysing competition cases in their courts.

Competition Assessment Toolkit

The Toolkit helps governments to eliminate barriers to competition by providing a method for identifying unnecessary restraints on market activities and developing alternative, less restrictive measures that still achieve government policy objectives.

Evaluation of Competition Interventions

Governments everywhere are increasingly interested in assessing the effects of their policies and the effectiveness of public institutions. Competition policy is no exception. Competition agencies affect the economy by taking decisions on cases under competition law. With their governments, they can influence market competition in the economy more widely through policy interventions.

Assessment of merger control in the Philippines

Gender Inclusive Competition Toolkit

Gender Inclusive Competition Policy and the OECD Toolkit

The fight for gender equality is one of the defining challenges of our age. While progress has been made in many areas, the relationship between gender and competition policy remained largely unexplored until recently when the Gender inclusive competition policy project was launched. As a result, find out how competition authorities can promote more inclusive markets with our dedicated Toolkit.

Competition Market Study of Ukraine’s Electricity Sector

Theories of Harm for Digital Mergers

In June 2023 the OECD held a roundtable to discuss the theories of harm currently used in the analysis of digital mergers and the potential need for new ones, that could better allow competition authorities to meet the standard of proof when assessing anticompetitive mergers. The roundtable benefitted from the intervention of invited experts and a background Note from the Secretariat. This page contains all related materials.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Competition Welfare Standards

Standards in competition policy have been the subject of much debate. In June 2023, the OECD held a roundtable discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the consumer welfare standard compared to alternative standards.