CRA Annual Brussels Conference: Economic Developments in European Competition Policy

Date: 08 | 12 | 2010

Location: Conrad Hotel, Brussels

CRA's Annual Conference on Economic developments in European competition policy has taken place on Wednesday 8 December 2010, attracting over 500 registrations and 400 delegates on the day.

Where available, slides can be found below.

The Interplay of Law and Economics
Alexander Italianer, Director General, DG Competition

Evolution of the US Horizontal Merger Guidelines
Carl Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ
Joseph Farrell, Director of Bureau of Economics, FTC

Market Definition and SIEC in the EU, in light of the new US and UK Guidelines
Damien Neven, Chief Economist, DG Competition
Comments: the UK Experience
Amelia Fletcher, Chief Economist / Head of Mergers, OFT

Are Technology Industries the New Antitrust Targets?
Steven Salop, Georgetown University
Kai-Uwe Kühn, University of Michigan

Moving with the Times - Competition, Consumer Policies and Economic Growth
John Fingleton, CEO, UK OFT
Comments
Alison Oldale, Chief Economist, UK Competition Commission
John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Competition Issues in Vertical Relations: Nothing new under the sun?
Andreas Mundt, President, Bundeskartellamt

Hubs and Spokes and RPM: Making Sense of Retailer/Supplier Communications
Thibaud Vergé, Chief Economist, Autorité de la concurrence
Maarten-Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam
Christian Ewald, Chief Economist, Bundeskartellamt
Matthew Bennett, Director of Economics, OFT

Exclusionary Pricing: Unpacking the Theories of Harm
Miguel de la Mano, Deputy Chief Economist, DG Competition
Patrick Rey, IDEI, Toulouse
Luís Cabral, IESE and NYU

Full programme (PDF format)

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