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Los Indicadores de Concentración de Mercado en la República Dominicana: Una Revisión de la Literatura
[Market Concentration Indicators in the Dominican Republic: A Review of the Literature]

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  • Rodríguez Núñez, Juan Bautista

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This paper presents a review of the Dominican empirical literature on market concentration indicators, with the aim of characterizing the competitive structure of different sectors of the Dominican economy. To this end, a documentary review of academic studies, technical reports, and institutional publications is conducted. The results show that the earliest recorded estimates of market concentration date back to the mid-1980s, and that the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI) has been the most widely used indicator, followed by concentration measures based on market shares (Ck indices). In addition, the evidence indicates that public institutions have produced the majority of these estimates, most notably the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) and the National Commission for the Defense of Competition (PRO-COMPETENCIA).

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  • Rodríguez Núñez, Juan Bautista, 2026. "Los Indicadores de Concentración de Mercado en la República Dominicana: Una Revisión de la Literatura [Market Concentration Indicators in the Dominican Republic: A Review of the Literature]," MPRA Paper 128068, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
    • L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
    • L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • L70 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - General
    • L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General
    • L90 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - General

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