Call for papers: research seminar "Balancing competition protection and competitiveness promotion"

With the goal to support economic development, measures of competition protection and competitiveness promotion policies might complement or contradict to each other. Finding a balance between them is not a trivial task, especially in the period of deglobalization. We welcome submissions of theoretical, policy oriented or empirical papers related to issues of competition protection policy and competitiveness promotion policy implementation and enforcement. Submissions by researches both in the fields of law and economics are encouraged.

Keynote Presentation:

Pontual Ribeiro E., Golovanova S. Estimation of efficiency effects in antitrust investigations: the world practice

Deadline for paper submission: March 27, 2023.

Decision on acceptance: April 2, 2023.

If you need a pass to HSE buidling please contact GYusupova@hse.ru (Guzel Yusupova). 

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Prof. Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 

Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro is a Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and co-Coordinator of the Research Group on Competition, Law and Economics (GDEC-IE). He served as a Deputy Chief Economist, Chief Economist and then a Commissioner at the CADE Tribunal (Administrative Council for Economic Defense), The Brazilian Competition Authority from 2009 to 2014. The areas of expertise are Competition Policy, Applied Microeconometrics, and Labor Markets. Author of more than 50 papers in refereed journals, more than 30 book chapters.