Gdec is a research group that brings together professors and students from the Institute of Economics the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is dedicated to the debate on  Competition Policy and Economic Regulation, in Brazil and in the world. Its focus is multidisciplinary (dealing with issues of Economics and Law) and plural regarding theoretical methods and approaches, and operates from an economic and legal-institutional perspective. Its final objective is to enrich the academic debate in the area, with the aim of bringing contributions that respect its multidisciplinarity and collaborate for the continuous improvement of the execution of these policies in Brazil.