BECCLE’s Bjørn Olav Johansen acted as academic commentator at this year’s ACE Conference in which the TeliaSonera/Tele2 merger was one of the topics.
The program included a Keynote lecture by Massimo Motta, Chief Economist, DG Competition, nine (3×3) parallel sessions, a panel discussion: “The use and Misuse of Economics in Merger Control” and ACE Best Paper Award.
The nine parallel sessions covered:
- Horizontal Agreements and Sustainability, Dutch cases
- Prohibited supermarket merger in Germany
- Hotel Bookings, The French and Swedish perspective
- Cable mergers in Netherlands and Bergium
- Coffee merger at European level
- Retail merger in the UK
- Mobile telephony merger in Norway
- Newspaper predation case in South Africa
The program and the presentations are available at the ACE website…
About ACE
The Association of Competition Economics (ACE) brings together those working on the economics of competition in government, academia and the private sector and provides a forum for discussion and debate of both issues and cases. It is based in Europe and is open to all those interested in the economics of competition. It is a not-for-profit organization.
- Foster common economic analyses and approaches across countries and institutions.
- Raise standards of economic analysis by keeping practitioners up to date with academic research.
- Give better access to institutional details and case facts, enabling more studies of competition policy issues.
- Improve critical dialogue and contacts between government, private practitioners and academics outside of the specific instance of cases.
- Raise the profile of the economic analysis of competition, making it a more attractive career choice for economists.
- Create a community of economists working in competition across Europe.