
En los últimos años, tanto en la Unión Europea como en España, se ha procedido a descentralizar algunos aspectos relevantes de la política de defensa de la competencia. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la interacción entre información y riesgo de captura asociada a esta nueva situación, partiendo de algunos modelos clásicos de regulación. Nuestros resultados confirman que, desde el punto de vista de los precios y la eficiencia productiva, la descentralización supone una mejora al incrementar la información que posee la agencia de la competencia sobre las empresas. Sin embargo, el riesgo de captura puede ser mayor, diluyendo así esa ventaja inicial y haciendo que la descentralización, especialmente, si no va acompañada de una independencia política de la agencia, no genere resultados globales mejores que los de la centralización.
In recent years some key aspects of competition policy have been decentralized both in EU and Spain. Departing from standard models, this paper analyses the new tradeoffs associated to this situation: better regulatory information collected by the Competition Agency versus higher risk of capture by local firms. Our results confirm that, from the point of view of consumer prices and productive efficiency, decentralization improves social welfare due to the informational effect. However, in several circumstances the higher risk of capture offsets this positive effect, particularly if the Agency remains politically dependent. In summary, decentralization of competition policy does not always improves social welfare as compared to the centralized former situation.
Documentos de Trabajo Conjuntos / Universidad de la Laguna, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales ; 2004-09
Competencia económica
Competencia económica
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