The first economic evaluation for this class was on the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In keeping with the Caribbean theme, the country that was selected for comparison was the Dominican Republic. The policies that will be examined are privatization policies and corporate acquisition/merger policies in the two nations. In order to provide a quality analysis of the two countries’ economic policies, a general description and basic comparisons of the two nations are provided. Geographically, the Dominican Republic (48,730-sq. km.) is much larger than Puerto Rico (9,104-sq. km.)[Puerto Rico][Dominican Republic]. For a mo