Department of Applied Economics hosts international workshop "Economic Analysis and Competition Law Enforcement" from 29 to 31 May

Detailed program enclosed (see within)

International Workshop

Competition Analysis and Competition Law Enforcement

Moscow, Higher School of Economics National Research University

May 29 – May 31, 2018

 

PROGRAM

May, 29                                                                                                                    

 10:30 – 11:00          Registration and Welcome 3209

 Welcome Speech by Dean of Economic Faculty, Higher School of Economics Oleg Zamulin

  

11:00 – 12:20          Keynote lecture

 Session Chair: Maxim Ovchinnikov (deputy chair, Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russian Federation)

 Lecturer: Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens University, Greece). The Choice of Legal Standards in Competition Law Enforcement

  Katsoulacos et al.pdf

 

12:20 – 12:40          Coffee-break

  

12:40 – 14:00          Session 1. Institutional framework of competition policy 3209

 Session Chair: Svetlana Golovanova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 Participants:

 Anastasia Shastitko (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia). Competition policy as an imported institution
Shastitko_Anastasia_HSE.pdf

Discussion by Svetlana Avdasheva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 
Gyuzel Yusupova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia). Can the market alliance’s products be under discussion of antitrust investigation
Yusupova.docx

Discussion by Anastasia Shastitko (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia).

 

Andrey Shastitko (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia), Natalia Pavlova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia). Wide Perspectives and Ravines of Competition Policy
Shastitko_Pavlova.pdf

Discussion by Svetlana Golovanova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 

Elena Sidorova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia) Efficiency of judges in deciding on antitrust cases
Sidorova.pdf

Discussion by Natalia Pavlova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia).

  

14:00 – 15:10          Lunch break*

 

 15:10 – 16:30          Special Seminar “The tools and techniques of empirical analysis in antitrust enforcement” 3214

 Lecturer: Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil). Demand Analysis for Antitrust Market Delineation

  

16:30 – 16:50          Coffee-break

 

 16:50 – 18:10          Special Seminar “The tools and techniques of empirical analysis in antitrust enforcement” 3214

 Lecturer: Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil). Demand Analysis for Antitrust Market Delineation (continuation)

 
 

 May, 30                                                                                                                    

10:30 – 11:00          Welcome coffee

 

11:00 – 12:00          Session 2. Effect-Based Analysis in Competition Enforcement: Cross-Country Comparisons I  3209

 

Session Chair: Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens University, Greece)

Participants:

Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens University, Greece), Svetlana Golovanova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia), Svetlana Avdasheva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia). Empirical analysis of legal standards in antitrust investigations: on the example of Russia”

Discussion by Kelly Benetatou (Athens University, Greece).

Kelly Benetatou (Athens University, Greece). The Empirical analysis of legal standards in antitrust investigations: the example of Greece and France

 Benetatou.pdf

Discussion by Svetlana Golovanova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 

 12:00 – 12:20          Coffee-break

  

12:20 – 13:20          Session 2. Effect-Based Analysis in Competition Enforcement: Cross-Country Comparisons II 3209

 Session Chair: Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens University, Greece)

 Lorenzo Ciari (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Legal analysis in antitrust investigations: Turkey
Discussion by Mncube Liberty(Competition Commission of South Africa)

Mncube Liberty (Competition Commission of South Africa). Legal analysis in antitrust investigations: South Africa

Discussion by Lorenzo Ciari(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Turkey).

 

13:20 – 15:00          Lunch break*

 

15:00 – 17:00          Session 4. Sector-specific competition policy 3209

Session Chair: Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil)

Participants:

Svetlana Avdasheva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia), Dina Korneeva(National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia), Tatiana Radchenko (Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation). Strategic trade policy in Russia: influence of price remedies on competition in global commodity markets

Discussion by Ksenia Sukhorukova (Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation)

 

Ksenia Sukhorukova(Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation) The effects of the legalization of parallel import
Sukhorukova.pdf

Discussion by Dina Korneeva(National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 

Yulia Orlova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia). Effects of incentive regulation under non credibility of regulatory decisions: impact of RAB and incentive regulation on investments in Russian distribution network
Orlova.docx

Discussion by Amina Talipova(National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 

Amina Talipova(National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia). Recent development of competition in natural gas market(s): technological, contractual and legal factors

Discussion by Yulia Orlova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

  

 

May, 31                                                                                                                    

 

10:00 – 11:20          Session 6. Competition Policy in the Digital Economy 3209

 Session Chair: Alexey Ivanov(National Research University Higher School of Economics and Skolkovo, Russia)

 Participants:

 Alexander Kurdin (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia). USA and EU antitrust approaches to digital economy quizzes: forks and solutions
Kurdin Digital economy quizzes.pdf

Discussion by Svetlana Avdasheva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 

Ritam Arora(University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India). E-commerce, (Big) Data and Competition Law Need for New Framework for the Application of Competition Law to Online Platforms
Ritam Arora.pdf

Discussion by Alexander Kurdin (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)

 

Olga Markova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia) Regulation of competition between information aggregators in multi-sided markets
Olga Markova.pdf

Discussion by Gyuzel Yusupova (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)

 

 11:20 – 11:40          Coffee-break

  

 11:40 – 13:40          Keynote lectures 3209

 Session Chair: Liberty Mncube(Competition Commission, South Africa)

 Participants:

 (11:40) Alexey Ivanov(National Research University Higher School of Economics and Skolkovo, Russia). Merger Review in the Digital Economy: Focus on Remedies

Discussion by Liberty Mncube (Competition Commission, South Africa)

 

(12:20) Andrey Shastitko (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia).  Economic analysis in competition law enforcement: trends and recent issuesTBC
Shastitko_Andrey_HSE_310518.pdf

Discussion by Alexey Ivanov(National Research University Higher School of Economics and Skolkovo, Russia).

 

(13:00) Yannis Lianos(National Research University Higher School of Economics and Skolkovo, Russia) Digital Value Chains and Fairness (to be confirmed)
Ivanov-Lianos.pdf

Discussion by Svetlana Avdasheva (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

 

13:40 – 15:10          Lunch break*

  

15:10 – 16:30          Special Seminar “The tools and techniques of empirical analysis in antitrust enforcement” 4335

 Lecturer: Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil). Cartel damages assessment

  

16:30 – 16:50          Coffee-break

  

16:50 – 18:10          Special Seminar “The tools and techniques of empirical analysis in antitrust enforcement”

 Lecturer: Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil). Cartel damages assessment (continuation)

  

 

* Lunch by invitations