Política de defesa da concorrência no Brasil e a análise comparativa das regiões Nordeste e Sudeste: por um federalismo concorrencial

Abstract

The goal of the thesis is to analyze the acting of the Brazilian System for the Defense of Competition (SBDC) and its role in the promotion of public policies; other than identify eventual consequential flaws from institution concentrations, proposing possible solutions for such cases. Under these terms, the target of this research is to analyze the SBDC, taking into account the Brazilian Market., more specifically the comparison between the Southeast and the Northeast regions of Brazil. The expectation is, considering the structures and ruling of the antitrust, to verify the effectiveness of state intervention, taking into account its influence in both markets and companies, and also identify possible flaws and point plausible solutions focusing on economic efficiency and in the precepts of the 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It is relevant to deepen the studies of structure and form of the acting of the policies for the Brazilian System for the Defense of Competition because of the absence of concrete analyses in this venue. The thesis is developed from empirical research that when typology has been qualitative and quantitative, of bibliographical nature, documental and of field, proven consultation to both national and foreign doctrine, legislation and jurisprudence, other than the investigation as to the acting of policies of antitrust and consumer’s defense in relation to the Southeast and Northeast regions of Brazil, as well as the reality of antitrust authorities of other countries. This is a paper that seeks to contribute effectively to the society and to the state policies of free market competition and consumer’s defense.