Administrative sanctions for anti-competitive practices and their relationship with public purchases

Abstract

Anti-competitive practices are characterized by applying the agreement of two or more suppliers in the market in order to limit competition in it, violating competition law. In Peru, current regulations indicate that there are three major categories of anticompetitive practices: abuse of a dominant position, horizontal collusive practices and vertical collusive practices. The objective of the investigation was to determine if administrative sanctions for anticompetitive practices affect the management of public purchases made by local governments in the department of Puno, Peru. The methods applied are: descriptive, correlational whose design is non-experimental and quantitative. It was identified that the application of administrative sanctions for anticompetitive practices significantly affects the management of public procurement by the local governments analyzed; In addition, said administrative sanctions generate greater competition in public purchases. Finally, the purchases identified were the so-called horizontal collusive practices such as; distribution of the market or geographical areas, simulation of competition, price agreement, etc.