The Public Higher Education Market in Brazil
structure and conduct in a non-traditional market.
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https://doi.org/10.1590/2ha4b580Abstract
The higher education product has intrinsic traits that require State intervention in the sector, which hinders the analysis of the industry via traditional methods of the Economics discipline. This study carries out an analysis of competition in the Brazilian higher education sector, focusing on high quality institutions. Specifically, analytical techniques from the field of Industrial Organization and Antitrust practices have been employed to assess structure and conduct. Results showed that public higher education institutions (HEIs) face competitive pressure from high-quality private HEIs. Additionally, relevant markets present a wide scope, with either regional or national range, depending on schools’ quality. In general, markets are not concentrated and do not raise anticompetitive concerns. Independent admissions exams, product differentiation, and price discrimination were identified as the main conducts carried out by schools.
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