Current courses
Master in Economics · Economic Analysis
Development Economics
Stylized facts, models, finance, productivity, institutions, culture, and reforms.
Master in Economics · Economic Analysis
Microeconomics II
Externalities, public goods, risk, and incentives.
Master in Economics · Economic Analysis
Economic Regulation & Competition Policy
Economic regulation, access, competition, market definition, dominance, vertical restraints, and mergers.
Development Economics
Curso de Desarrollo Económico en la Maestría en Economía, Opción Análisis Económico.
CURRENT
Microeconomics II
Curso de Microeconomía II en la Maestría en Economía, Opción Análisis Económico.
CURRENT
- Externalidades
- Bienes públicos
Versión pública seleccionada. - Riesgo
- Incentivos — Parte I
- Incentivos — Parte II
Economic Regulation & Competition Policy
Curso de Regulación y Defensa de la Competencia en la Maestría en Economía, Opción Análisis Económico. Los casos se integran junto al tema en que se utilizan.
CURRENT
Introducción
Monopolio natural
Regulación de monopolios naturales
Práctica regulatoria
Acceso
Mercados potencialmente competitivos
Defensa de la competencia
Mercado relevante y poder de mercado
Abuso de posición dominante
SlidesCases United Brands · Hoffmann-La Roche · AKZO · Microsoft · Google Shopping
Restricciones verticales
Fusiones
Guidelines and reference documents
Official links updated for the course. For the European Union, EUR-Lex is used whenever possible instead of old Commission PDF locations.
Market definition
EU 2024 Market Definition Notice
Commission Notice C/2024/1645; replaces the 1997 notice.
UK legacy Market definition — OFT403
Adopted by the CMA, but the 2004 text remains unamended.
Market power and dominance
EU current Article 102 enforcement priorities
2009 Guidance, read together with the 2023 amendments.
EU 2023 Amendments to the Article 102 Guidance
Updated enforcement priorities.
UK legacy Assessment of market power — OFT415
Adopted by the CMA; original 2004 text.
UK legacy Abuse of a dominant position — OFT402
Adopted by the CMA; original 2004 text.
Horizontal agreements
EU 2023 Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines
2023/C 259/01; replace the 2011 guidelines.
UK 2023 Horizontal agreements — CMA184
Current CMA guidance.
US status Competitor-collaboration guidance under review
The 2000 Collaboration Guidelines were withdrawn; replacement guidance was under development in 2026.
Vertical restraints
EU 2022 Guidelines on Vertical Restraints
2022/C 248/01.
UK 2022 VABEO guidance
Current CMA guidance on vertical agreements.
Mergers
US 2023 DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines
Final 2023 text.
UK current Merger Assessment Guidelines — CMA129
Current substantive guidance; page updated in 2026.
EU 2004 Horizontal Merger Guidelines
Current text while the review continues.
EU 2008 Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines
Current text while the review continues.
EU 2026 draft Draft revised Merger Guidelines
Consultation draft; not presented as the current rule.
Status note. I do not force a U.S. document into every topic when there is no general current guideline. Historical documents remain useful, but are labelled as legacy rather than presented as current guidance.
Previous courses and archive
Earlier materials remain available, but are visually separated from the courses currently taught.
Industrial Organization — undergraduate
More recent undergraduate version: markets, strategic behavior, oligopoly, concentration, barriers, regulation, and competition policy.
Industrial Organization — FCEA, earlier version
Presentations from the earlier course at FCEA, UdelaR.
Competition Policy I — 2008 and 2015
Curso de 2008 dirigido principalmente a abogados, basado en Motta (2004), artículos y documentos oficiales. Una segunda versión fue dictada en 2015 para funcionarios de la Comisión de Promoción y Defensa de la Competencia de Uruguay.
2008
- Conceptos económicos
- Objetivos de la defensa de la competencia
- Mercado relevante y poder de mercado
- Abuso de posición dominante
- Restricciones horizontales
- Restricciones verticales
2015
Competition Policy II — graduate
Material de un curso de Maestría en Defensa de la Competencia.
Game Theory
Presentaciones de juegos bayesianos para el curso de Teoría de Juegos en FCS, UdelaR.
Games and Contracts
Presentaciones del curso de Micro III (Teoría de Juegos y Contratos), FCEA – UdelaR.
Microeconomics — earlier version
Material del curso de Microeconomía de la Maestría en Economía, FCS – UdelaR, basado en Mas-Colell, Whinston y Green.
Economic Institutions
Presentaciones del curso de Teoría de las Instituciones dictado junto a Mario Bergara en la Maestría en Economía, FCS – UdelaR.
Economic Regulation — earlier materials
Materiales anteriores de regulación económica, incluyendo presentaciones dictadas junto a Mario Bergara en la Maestría en Economía Internacional.