Reports

Pecuniary Penalties for Competition Law Infringements in Australia 2018

Competition authorities have imposed substantial fines for competition law violations over the last few decades and it is an international consensus that monetary sanctions against corporations are essential to deter anticompetitive conduct.This report compares Australia's competition sanctions regime to that of a number of other major OECD jurisdictions.

What’s gender got to do with competition policy?

With gender equality increasingly at the top of political and social agendas, Chris Pike of the OECD Competition Division reflects on the potential for introducing greater gender awareness into competition policy.

OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition in Budapest

OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition in Budapest website

Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement in Mexico - The CFE Report 2018

This report documents procurement regulations and practices in Mexico's main electricity company (Comisión Federal de Electricidad) and makes policy recommendations in key procurement areas.

Combate a la colusión en licitaciones en México - Informe CFE de 2018

Este informe incluye una visión general de la contratación pública en México y en la CFE, un resumen del marco legal aplicable a la contratación pública en el país y recomendaciones a la CFE para mejorar sus prácticas de contratación.

OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Mexico

México: Proyecto de Evaluación de Competencia

El gobierno mexicano y la OCDE han colaborado para evaluar los costos y beneficios de las regulaciones que restringen la competencia en los sectores de medicamentos y carne y para proponer recomendaciones específicas de modificación. Lea más sobre el proyecto.

Mexico: Competition Assessment Project

The Mexican government and the OECD have worked together to assess the costs and benefits of regulations restricting competition in the medicines and meat sectors and to propose specific recommendations for change. Read more about the project.

Sport, corruption and responsible business conduct

Significant corruption, labour, human rights and environmental risks are associated with the organisation of large sporting events. The OECD has instruments and expertise in implementation of complex projects can help host governments, event organisers and their business partners ensure that the world of sport remains associated with the traditional values of excellence and fair play.

Market Power and Wealth Distribution

Lack of competition can drive up prices of goods and services, with substantive negative effects for the poor, whose consumption basket is dominated by first necessity goods and services. Using new data, this study calibrates the overall impact of market power, showing a substantial impact on wealth inequality in the eight countries examined.