Abstract

DE LA GARZA GARZA, Óscar Javier  and  ARTEAGA GARCIA, Julio César. Análisis de la competencia en la industria cementera en México. EconoQuantum [online]. 2011, vol.8, n.1-2, pp.73-89. ISSN 2007-9869.

There are some key sectors or industries in the economy of a country. Examples are telecommunications, transportation, commercial banking, construction, energy, among others. In Mexico, these markets are characterized as oligopolies. As few companies interact, they have the possibility of colluding to avoid competition. Thus, they may charge relatively higher prices. This paper analyzes the competition in the Mexican cement industry. It uses the parametric approach in the so called New Empirical Industrial Organization. Although results are not robust, we cannot rule out this industry behaving as the Stackelberg model, nor discard competition as in the Cournot setting.

Keywords : industria cementera; oligopolio; tipo de competencia.

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