The Revista de Defesa da Concorrência (RDC) is an electronic scientific journal with open access, edited by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade), an autarchy linked to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. RDC publishes scientific articles related to competition defense under different approaches, based on a transparent and ethical editorial process.

The journal is published semiannually and only accepts unpublished and original texts in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Submissions are accepted year-round, continuously.

e-ISSN: 2318-2253 | Year of creation: 2013 | Area of Knowledge: Law, Economics, Administration, International Relations, and other related fields | Qualis: A2

 

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025): Revista de Defesa da Concorrência

Published: 2025-12-10

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Interoperability by design or denial?

The Digital Markets Act’s notion of vertical interoperability

Alba Ribera Martínez

11-45

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Sustainability, antitrust law, and greenwashing:

challenges and perspectives for Brazil

Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira, Vinícius Klein

46-68

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The virtual power plant:

the next level of distributed generation and the need for a new regulatory framework in Brazil based on the Californian model

Aderaldo Cavalcanti Júnior

69-94

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Regulatory sensitivity index:

a metric to assess the impact of regulation on publicly traded firms in Brazil

Roberto Miranda Pimentel Fully, Danilo Soares Monte-Mor, Neyla Tardin

95-126

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Evolução do papel da estrutura de mercado na análise antitruste e o retorno da presunção estrutural:  structural presumption:álise antitruste e o retorno da presunção estrutural: Et tu, Cade?

<i>Et tu</i>, Cade?

Bernardo Gouthier Macedo, Lucas Portela de Mauro, Anna Olimpia de Moura Leite

127-139

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Estimando o sobrepreço no cartel de gás liquefeito de petróleo do Distrito Federal:

evidências dos métodos <i>Before-and-After</i> e Diferenças-em-Diferenças

Rodrigo Gonçalves da Silva, Lílian Santos Marques Severino, Felipe Resende Oliveira

140-159

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Indirect protection of digital privacy in mergers and acquisitions:

analysis of Cade cases

Jacqueline Salmen Raffoul

160-172

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Self-laundering as a crime directly related to cartel practice:

interpretation of the art. 87 of Law 12.529/11

Beatriz de Mattos Queiroz

173-193

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Pricing algorithms on digital platforms:

between collusion and innovation

Livea Eguti Hayashi

194-215

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III Rio International Workshop on Advances in Competition Policy Analysis

Concorrência e sustentabilidade:

critérios aplicados na análise de acordos de sustentabilidade entre concorrentes

Felipe Bonfim Silveira

216-242

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