ACE 2011 presentations
Below you will find the presentations for the 9th annual ACE meeting, which took place at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen, Norway on 17-18 November 2011.
Introduction: Dr. Miguel de la Mano, President ACE.
Welcome Address: Dr. Christine B. Meyer, Director General, Norwegian Competition Authority.
Plenary session: Reflections on Economics in Competition Policy.
Chair: Dr. Miguel de la Mano, President ACE
Professor Kai-Uwe Kühn, Chief Economist, DG Comp.
Session 1b: Retail Gasoline Study (Germany)
Chair: Professor Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
Dr. Christian Ewald, Bundeskartellamt
Dr. Hans Friederiszick, E.CA Economics GmbH
Competitive assessment of price cycles in German retail gasoline markets.
Professor Kai Hüschelrath, WHU/ZEW
Session 1c: Economics of Bus Markets (UK, France, other)
Chair: Professor Marc Ivaldi, Toulouse School of Economics
Director Peter Lukacs, Office of Fair Trading
Dr. Gunnar Niels, Oxera
Competition ‘on the road’ or ‘for the market’?
Professor Philippe Gagnepain, University of Paris
Competition and Regulation in Local Bus Services
Session 2a: Sasol
Chair: Professor Tommy Gabrielsen, University of Bergen
Dr. Simon Roberts, SA Competition Commission
Dr. Robert Stillmann, Charles River Associates
Sasol Fertilizer. An alternative explanation
Professor Bruno Jullien, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 2b: Rio/BHP - aborted 101 "merger"
Chair: Professor Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia
Dr. Miguel de la Mano, DG Comp.
Manager Julia Dietrich, Frontier Economics
Planned BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto Western Australian iron ore JV. The customers’ perspective
Dr. Simon Bishop, RBB Economics
Dr. Valter Sorana, Charles River Associates
Session 3a: Unilever/Sara Lee
Chair: Professor Otto Toivanen, University of Leuven
Dr. Szabolcs Lorincz, DG Comp.
Dr. Nadine Watson, Compass Lexecon
Dr. Ian Small, Charles River Associates
Session 3b: Merger control - local vs national markets (Norway)
Chair: Professor Peter Møllgaard, Copenhagen Business School
Merger Control Local v. national markets
Dr. Jostein Skaar, Norwegian Competition Authority
Professor Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics
Harald Selte, Senior Economist, BAHR
Session 4a: Dutch Mortgage Market Pricing
Chair: Professor Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam
Dr. Gülbahar Tezel, Netherlands Competition Authority
Market Study Dutch Mortgage Market
Dr. Marco Haan, University of Groningen
Dutch Mortgage Market Pricing On the NMa report
Chief economist Wim Boonstra, Rabobank
The NMa on the Dutch market for residential mortgages. High concentration = weak competition?
Session 4b: Lafarge Perlmooser/Strabag (Cement merger, Austria)
Chair: Dr. Gergely Csorba, Hungarian Competition Authority
Dr. Rainer Nitsche, E.CA Economics
Professor Antoine Chapsal, MAPP
Professor Frode Steen, Norwegian School of Economics