ESRC Centre for Competition Policy 10th Annual Conference: PROBLEM MARKETS June 12 - 13, 2014

ESRC Centre for Competition Policy
10th Annual Conference
PROBLEM MARKETS
June 12 - 13, 2014

Sometimes markets appear not to be working for the consumer and can seem a bit ‘too hot’ for regulators to handle, with nobody quite sure why or what should be done about it. Often it is not clear if illegal activity is taking place and these ‘problem markets’ attract widespread attention amongst the public, politicians, academics and the media.

 

With a range of leading international academics and speakers from the competition agencies, Which? and Ofcom, the conference will explore the issues surrounding ‘problem markets’, examining possible root causes as well as the potential for intervention to improve matters.

TOPICS INCLUDE What is a problem market? I Experience to date: UK & EU I Legal Framework I Competition & the demand side I Experience to date: US & Worldwide I Supply-side issues outside standard antitrust law I Identifying problem markets I Competition with divergent public policy concerns I

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Stephen Davies CCP & School of Economics, UEA Ashleye Gunn Which? Amelia Fletcher CCP & Norwich Business School, UEA Andrea Coscelli Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Fabienne Ilzkovitz & Adriaan Dierx DG COMP, European Commission Mike Walker Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)   Ariel Ezrachi Faculty of Law, University of Oxford Joe Farrell University of California, Berkeley, USA Geoff Myers & Katie Curry Ofcom Bill Kovacic George Washington University, USA & Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Hilary Jennings CCP & Independent Competition Consultant Hussein Kassim CCP & School of Political, Social and International Studies, UEA   Frode Steen Norwegian School of Economics, Norway (NHH)   Severin Borenstein University of California, Berkeley, USA Rosa Abrantes-Metz Global Economics Group & NYU’s Stern School of Business, USA Rachel Griffith Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) & University of Manchester Carol Propper University of Bristol & Imperial College Business School Nicolas Petit University of Liège, Belgium Anneli Howard Monckton Chambers   Adrian Majumdar RBB Economics Bruce Lyons CCP & School of Economics, UEA