Francisco Eduardo Beneke Avila is a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, where he focuses on issues of socio-economic development, competition law, and innovation. Has a Ph.D. from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich and an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley. Has previously worked as a senior analyst at the competition authority of El Salvador, Superintendencia de Competencia. 

Introduction.- Market power and its measurement: The relevance of entry analysis.- The long run market equilibrium and barriers to entry.- Dynamic aspects of entry.- Determinants of the investment rate in the economy and their relevance in entry analysis.- How different are Latin American countries from the EU and the US regarding the socio-economic variables under study?.- Choosing the countries.- Entry analysis in abuse of dominance cases.- Comparative analysis: Do Latin American countries follow the EU or US standards for entry analysis?.- How to incorporate the country characteristics studied in the present research into entry analysis.- Conclusions.