ACE 2010 presentations
Below you will find the presentations for the 8th annual ACE meeting, which took place at the ESRC Center for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK on 11-12 November 2010.
Introduction: Dr. Peter Davis, President ACE.
Welcome: Professor Catherine Waddams, Director, Center for Competition Policy, UEA.
Introductory Address: HM Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk Richard Jewson Esq.
Plenary session: The role of UPP in Merger Evaluation
Chair: Dr. Peter Davis, CC
Professor Joe Farrell, FTC and University of Berkeley
Professor Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
UPP Screening: Some Pro's and Con's.
Dr. Amelia Fletcher, OFT
Panel 1: Article 101: Oneworld Airline Alliance.
Chair: Dean Paul Dobson, University of East Anglia
Dr. Gregory K. Leonard, NERA Economic Consulting
Dr. Manuel Godinho de Matos and Dr. Szabolcs Lorincz
DG Competition, European Commission
Professor Jan Brueckner, University of California, Irvine
The Economics of Airline Alliances, with an Application to the Oneworld Case.
Dr. Benoit Durand, RBB
Oneworld alliance: The Commission's investigation under Article 101 TFEU
Panel II: Mergers: Convertible car-top production: Edscha/Webasto and karmann/Magna
Chair: Professor Konrad Stahl, University of Mannheim
Dr. Christian Ewald, Bundeskartellamt
4-to-3? Feel free! But 3-to-2 can't do!
Professor Theo Normann, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Dr. Rainer Nitsche, ESMT Competition Analysis
Panel III: Merger: Yellow Pages Netherlands/De Telefoongids
Chair: Professor Maarten Pieter Schinkel, Amsterdam
Dr. Ron G.M. Kemp, Netherlands Competition Authority
Merger Telefoongids - Gouden Gids. A merger to monopoly?
Dr. Matthijs Visser, RBB
Professor Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg University
Panel IV: Article 102: Qualcomm and Rambus
Chair: Professor Massimo Motta, Barcelona
Dr. Mario Marinello, Competition DB, European Commission
Professor Gerard Llobet, Cemfi and LECG
Professor Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
Panel V: Kraft/Cadbury and the role of econometrics in Competition Policy
Chair: Professor Marc Ivaldi, Toulouse School of Economics
Dr. Hugh Wills (CRA)
Dr. Alejandro Requejo (LECG)
Professor Howard Smith, Oxford
Panel VI: Market Inquiry: UK Groceries market and The Competition Test
Chair: Professor Lars Sørgard, NHH, Bergen
Dr. David Parker, Frontier Economics
The Groceries Remittal Decision.
Professor Greg Crawford, University of Warwick
Market Inquiry: UK Groceries Market and The Competition Test
Dr. Nicola Mazzaroto (CC)
Panel VII: Article 102: Tine/Synnøve Finden
Chair: Professor Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School
Professor Nils-Henrich Mørch von der Fehr, University of Oslo
The TINE Case: Regulation, Price Formation and Dominance.
Professor Tommy S. Gabrielsen, University of Bergen
The Tine Case - the question of dominance.
Professor Morten Hviid (CCP)
Market definition in the light of Government intervention.
Panel VIII: Article 101: Interchange fees - "Bank case"
Chair: Professor Buno Jullien, Toulouse School of Economics
Dr. Cédrik Nouel de Buzonniére, Autorité de la Concurrence
Marianne Verdier, University of Nanterre
Dr. David Sevy, LECG
Panel IX: Spanish sugar cartel
Chair: Professor Anne Perrot (Autorité de la Concurrence)
Dr. Fernando Jimenez (NERA)
Demages of the sugar cartel in Spain
Dr. Nadine Watson (LECG)
Dr. Peter Davis (Competition Commission)
Plenary Session: State Aid: In Banking Roundtable
Chair: Mark Williams (NERA)
Dr. Stan Maes, Competition DG, European Commission
State aid in banking Financial Crisis 2007-2010
Professor Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia
ACE Roundtable on State Aid to Banks
Dr. Helen Jenkins, Oxera
The relationship between competition and stability: implications for remedy design.
Dr. Lorenzo Coppi, CRA