Analysis of the conditions of competition in the Peruvian medical oxygen production market in the context of the health emergency and pending public policies

• Autores: Huamán Pérez, Rocío, Antayhua López, Oscar
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25909
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/25909
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Public policies; Antitrust law; Oxygen market; Control of anticompetitive conduct; Business mergers; Políticas públicas; Libre competencia; Mercado de oxígeno; Control de conductas anticompetitivas; Concentraciones empresariales

The Political Constitution of Peru in its article 61 regulates the duty of the State to facilitate and monitor free competition, combating those practices that limit it and the abusive exercise of monopolistic or dominant positions. However, not all markets present conditions of perfect competition, as in the case of the medical oxygen production market in Peru, which is characterized by being oligopolistic, specifically a duopoly. This situation leads us to reflect on the role of State in economic matters.  In this article, the authors analyze the characteristics of the oxygen market in Peru, with special emphasis on oxygen production, existing suppliers and barriers to market entry; Likewise, the relevance and necessity of the policies arranged by the State in order to face the health crisis and allow a distribution of medicinal oxygen that can satisfy the population's demand is evaluated.