CRA held 5th Annual Conference in Brussels

CRA held its 5th Annual Conference on Economic Developments in European Competition Policy in Brussels on December 13th.

The conference was opened by Damien Neven, Chief Economist at DG Competition and topics discussed included:

Oligopolies - Developments and Recent Analyses - Damien Neven (DG Competition)

Hot Topics in Antitrust Part I: Update on Article 82 - Steven Salop (Georgetown University and CRA), Paul Seabright (University of Toulouse), David Meyer (US Dept of Justice), Rafael Garcia-Valdecasas (formerly CFI), Philip Marsden (BIICL) with comments by Miguel De la Mano of the Chief Economist's Team, DG Competition.

Hot Topics in Antitrust Part II - Peter Freeman (UK Competition Commission), Bruno Lasserre (Conseil de la Concurrence) with comments by Philip Lowe (DG Competition).

Keynote speech: Making markets work better: the role of Competition Authorities - Philip Lowe (DG Competition)

New Developments in Merger Analysis and Policy - Nadia Calviño (DG Competition), Christian Ewald (Bundeskartellamt), Bill Kovacic (Federal Trade Commission), Pierre Régibeau (University of Essex and EACGP), Melanie Aitken ( Canadian Competition Bureau).

Fines and Antitrust Damages - Massimo Motta (European University Institute), Ali Nikpay ( Office of Fair Trading), Maarten Pieter Schinkel (University of Amsterdam and CRA) with comments by Wouter Wils (European Commission and King's College London)

For further information please contact Liz Wetherall at ewetherall@crai.com

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