Advances in the Economics of Competition Law

Program

Day 1 - Thursday, June 23

10.00-13.00 Registration

14.00 Welcome address: Antonio Catricalà (Chairman, Italian Competition Authority)

1.Introduction

Chair: Giuliano AMATO (formerly Chairman, Italian Competition Authority)

14.15 The economic goals of competition policy, Paolo BUCCIROSSI – Lear, Laboratorio di economia, antitrust, regolamentazione

15.00 Market definition and empirical methods to assess market power, Jonathan B. BAKER* – American University, Washington College of Law, and Timothy F. BRESNAHAN – Stanford University

15.45-16.15 Coffe break

2. Merger control

Chair: Alberto PERA (Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners)

16.15. Unilateral effects: concepts and measurement, Gregory J. WERDEN – Antitrust Division, U.S.DoJ, and Luke M. FROEB, – Federeal Trade Commission, USA

17.00 The economics of coordinated effects, Kai-Uwe KUHN – Olin Center for Law and Economics

17.45 The analysis of conglomerate merger, Damien NEVEN – University of Geneva

20.30 Dinner (on invitation)

Day 2 - Friday, June 24

3. Cartels and collusion

Chair: Mario MONTI (formerly Commissioner for Competition, European Commission)

9.00 The economics of facilitating practices, Paolo BUCCIROSSI – Lear

9.45 Detecting cartels, Joseph E. HARRINGTON, Jr. – Johns Hopkins University

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

4. Vertical integration and vertical restraints

Chair: Mario SIRAGUSA (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP)

11.00 The competitive effects of vertical integration, Michael RIORDAN – Columbia University

11.45 The economics of vertical restraints, Patrick REY – IDEI Toulouse and Thibaud VERGÉ* – University of Southampton

12.30 Empirical assessment of exclusive contracts,  Margaret SLADE* – University of Warwick, and Francine LAFONTAINE – University of Michigan

13.15-15.00 Lunch

5. Monopolization and abuse of dominance

Chair: John FINGLETON (Chairman, Irish Competition Authority)

15.00 Predatory pricing and other exclusionary pricing strategies, Janusz A. ORDOVER New York University, and Robert D. WILLIG – Princeton University

15.45 The economics of price discrimination and bundling, Mark ARMSTRONG – University College London

16.30.-17.00 Coffee break

6. Special topics

Chair: Carlo CAMBINI (Politecnico di Torino and Lear)

17.00 Network industries and competition policy, Nicholas ECONOMIDES – New York University

17.45 Intellectual property rights and competition law, Richard J. GILBERT – University of California-Berkeley

20.30 Dinner (Hosted by Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP)

Day 3 - Saturday, June 25

Chair: Alberto HEIMLER (Italian Competition Authority)

9.00 Leniency policies, Giancarlo SPAGNOLO – Consip Research Unit and Stockholm School of Economics

9.45 The antitrust of two side-markets, Jean TIROLE – IDEI Toulouse, and Jean-Charles ROCHET* – IDEI Toulouse

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00 The economics of state aids, Lars-Hendrik RÖLLER – DG Competition European Commission, Hans FRIEDERISZICK* – DG Competition European Commission, and Vincent VEROUDEN  – DG Competition European Commission

11.45 Auctions and competition policy, Paul KLEMPERER – Oxford University

12.30 Q & A

 * presenter