{"id":10491,"date":"2026-01-12T17:11:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.martinsdelima.com\/experiences-competition-cartels\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:45:03","slug":"experiences-competition-cartels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.martinsdelima.com\/en\/experiences-competition-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiences competition cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10491\" class=\"elementor elementor-10491 elementor-8920\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f0456b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"8f0456b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c69b29\" data-id=\"3c69b29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585aa77 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585aa77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Experiences<\/b><br><b>Damages in Cartels<\/b><br>Calculation of overcharge, \"pass-on\" repercussion and interest<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a744b8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a744b8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e9261\" data-id=\"57e9261\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdd3d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bdd3d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>In this matter, martinsdelima intervened as an <strong>independent economic expert<\/strong> to analyze the impact of a <strong>cartel in the automotive sector<\/strong> accredited by the competition authority, based on <strong>exchanges of commercially sensitive and strategic information<\/strong> in the Spanish market for distribution and services linked to vehicles. In practice, the case required translating an &#8220;on the market&#8221; anti-competitive conduct into <strong>concrete economic consequences<\/strong> for an affected buyer, considering that this type of conduct is usually reflected in <strong>lower discounts and less aggressive commercial policies<\/strong>, with effects that also reach the used vehicle market. <\/h6><h6>The affected company was <strong>in the vehicle rental sector<\/strong>, with recurring purchases of automobiles as an essential part of its operation. This made it especially relevant to determine, with technical rigor, <strong>how the overcharge on the purchase could \u201ctravel\u201d through the value chain<\/strong> and what part of the damage was effectively borne by the company, compared to the part eventually passed on to its own clients. <\/h6><h6>From the beginning, the work was approached with a demanding standard: a <strong>purely technical<\/strong> report, focused on <strong>financial and economic<\/strong> aspects, avoiding legal assessments, and based on case documentation, research and public sources, with an objective and traceable interpretation. The objective was for the result to be <strong>defensible in court<\/strong>: clear in its assumptions, transparent in its logic and verifiable in its calculations. <\/h6><h6>The methodology was articulated in three blocks, starting with the <strong>estimation of the overcharge<\/strong>. For this, a <strong>comparative method<\/strong> was applied, which seeks to approximate what the price would have been in a situation of effective competition, and a contrast was designed with a <strong>sample of comparable companies<\/strong> (same sector and size, to guarantee financial and commercial homogeneity). This phase also included explicit methodological decisions (choice of method, justification of the sample and contrast variables) to reinforce the robustness of the counterfactual.  <\/h6><h6>The second block addressed one of the most discussed points in competition damages: the <strong>repercussion of costs (pass-on)<\/strong>. The report incorporates a specific analysis of pass-on and supports it with standard economic tools, including the use of <strong>elasticities of demand and supply<\/strong> as a key element to estimate what part of the overcharge could have been passed downstream. With this, the final quantification is not limited to \u201chow much the price went up\u201d, but to <strong>what was the damage actually absorbed<\/strong> by the affected company after considering the competitive dynamics of its own market.  <\/h6><h6>The result was a comprehensive and coherent quantification of the damage, built on a complete scheme of <strong>overcharge + pass-on + financial update<\/strong>, with support annexes and documentary traceability to facilitate its verification. This approach allowed the presentation of a <strong>solid, technical and well-founded<\/strong> claim, maximizing clarity for third parties (court, counter-expert and parties) and reinforcing the client&#8217;s position with a work <strong>especially rigorous in methodology, comparability and defense of the counterfactual<\/strong>. <\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ExperiencesDamages in CartelsCalculation of overcharge, &#8220;pass-on&#8221; repercussion and interest In this matter, martinsdelima intervened as an independent economic expert to analyze the impact of a cartel in the automotive sector accredited by the competition authority, based on exchanges of commercially sensitive and strategic information in the Spanish market for distribution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10491","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Experiences competition cartels - Martinsdelima<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martinsdelima.com\/en\/experiences-competition-cartels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Experiences competition cartels - Martinsdelima\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ExperiencesDamages in CartelsCalculation of overcharge, &#8220;pass-on&#8221; 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