Working Paper on Brazilian Cartel Investigations, the 'Operation Car Wash' (Operação Lava Jato) and Its Impacts on the Economy

Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions; CEDES - Center of Studies on Economic and Social Law. April, 2015.

124 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2016

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Gesner Oliveira

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Joao Rodas

University of São Paulo (USP)

Denis Guimaraes

AGPR; University of California, Davis, School of Law

Fernando Scharlack Marcato

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo

Andrea Curi

Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions

Ricardo Pastore

Stanford Law School; Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo; Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions; International Competition Network (ICN)

Tatiana Farina

Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions

Date Written: April 1, 2015

Abstract

Policy paper on Brazilian cartel investigations, the "operation car wash" and its impacts on the economy.

Keywords: Cartel, operation car wash, economy, legislation, regulation, case law, fines, pecuniary contribution (settlement, TCC), leniency, due process of law, microeconomics, monopsony, incomplete information, construction industry, large scale bid, price estimation, countervailing power, efficiency

Suggested Citation

Oliveira, Gesner and Rodas, Joao and Guimaraes, Denis and Marcato, Fernando Scharlack and Curi, Andrea and Pastore, Ricardo and Farina, Tatiana, Working Paper on Brazilian Cartel Investigations, the 'Operation Car Wash' (Operação Lava Jato) and Its Impacts on the Economy (April 1, 2015). Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions; CEDES - Center of Studies on Economic and Social Law. April, 2015. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2710438

Gesner Oliveira

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Joao Rodas

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Fernando Scharlack Marcato

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo ( email )

Brazil

Andrea Curi

Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions ( email )

Sao Paulo SP
Brazil

Ricardo Pastore

Stanford Law School

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Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo ( email )

Brazil

Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions

Sao Paulo SP
Brazil

International Competition Network (ICN)

United States

Tatiana Farina

Group of Infrastructure Economics & Environmental Solutions ( email )

Sao Paulo SP
Brazil

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