ACE 2015 Presentations
Below are some of the presentations at the 13th annual ACE conference at Bocconi University in Milan 27-28 November, 2015.
Keynote lecture:
"Quantitative techniques, efficiencies and remedies: what have we learned from recent mobile mergers, and lessons for future cases"
Chair: M. Ottaviani (Bocconi)
Massimo Motta (Chief Economist, DG Competition, and U. Pompeu Fabra)
Parallel Sessions I
Ex-post studies on mergers/entry in mobile markets
Chair: Bojana Ignjatovic (RBB)
Anton Schwarz/Georg Ecker (Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications)
Luca Aguzzoni (DG Competition)
Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College)
Horizontal Agreements and Sustainability. Dutch cases on "sustainability defence"
Chair: Natalia Fabra (U. Carlos III)
Erik Kloosterhuis (ACM, Netherlands)
Maarten Pieter Schinkel (U. of Amsterdam)
EDEKA/Kaiser's Tengelmann. Prohibited supermarket merger in Germany
Chair: Gunnar Niels (Oxera)
Arndt Christiansen (Bundeskartellamt)
Parallel Sessions II
Hotel Bookings. The French and Swedish perspective.
Chair: Alexis Walckiers (Belgian Competition Authority)
Laure Schultz (French Competition Authority)
Jakob Jeanrond (Swedish Competition Authority)
Liberty/Ziggo and Liberty/De Vijer.
Phase II cable mergers in Netherlands and Belgium.
Chair: Paolo Buccirossi (LEAR)
Thomas Buettner (DG Competition)
Gregory Crawford (U. of Zurich)
DEMB/Mondelez
Phase II coffee merger at European level
Szabolcs Lorincz (DG Competition)
Parallel Sessions III
Poundland/99p stores
Phase II retail merger in the UK
Chair: Alex Baker (Fingleton Associates)
Kate Collyer (UK Competition & Markets Authority)
David Parker (Frontier Economics)
TeliaSonera/Tele2
Phase II mobile telephony merger in Norway
Chair: Lars Sørgard (Norwegian School of Economics)
Katrine Holm Reiso (Norwegian Competition Authority)
Bjørn Olav Johansen (U. of Bergen)
Jostein Skaar (Oslo Economics)
Media24
Newspaper predation case in South Africa
Chair: T. Ronde (Danish Competition Authority)
Robin Rander (Compass Lexecon)
Giacomo Calzolari (U. of Bologna)
Panel Discussion:
The Use and Misuse of Economics in Merger Control (10+ years after the 2004 Regulation)
Chair: Giulio Federico (DG Competition)
Bruce Lyons (U. of East Anglia)