Program Fall 2008

Beginning September 2008, ENCORE will announce the subjects for the scheduled workshops and other activities at its website.

 
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John Kwoka Guest Researcher ENCORE

In September and October, Professor John Kwoka (North Eastern University) will visit ENCORE for an extended research stay. Through brainstorms and seminars the ENCORE-network will benefit from the expertise of Professor Kwoka. In particular, a data research project with the Netherlands Competition Authority.

 
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Papers and Presentations on the ENCORE Annual Conference "Competition in Media Markets"

To view the papers and presentations and other information on the ENCORE Annual Conference "Competition in Media Markets" click here.

 
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Previous Events

Annual Conference "Competition in Media Markets"
May 29th, Hilversum

This year's theme for the ENCORE Annual Conference was "Competition in Media Markets". Keynote speakers were: Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim), Bruno Julien-Malvy (European Commission - DG Competition), and Joel Waldfogel (Wharton University of Pennsylvania).
To view the papers and presentations and other information on the ENCORE Annual Conference "Competition in Media Markets" click here.

Workshop "Calling Party's Network Pays vs Bill and Keep"
April 22nd, The Hague

In wholesale interconnection, two different payment systems exist: the calling party's network pays (CPNP) system and the bill and keep (BaK) system. The two systems appear to have importantly different implications. BaK has been argued to stimulate competition between operators, resulting in lower consumer prices. In this ENCORE workshop, various aspects of the two alternative payment systems were introduced and discussed. Contributors to this workshop were: Carlo Cambini (Politecnico Turin), Stephen Littlechild (Cambridge University), Scott Marcus (WIK-Consult) and Stein Smeets (Dialogic, Chair).

To view the complete program, presentations and papers, click here.

Workshop "Pricing Tests for Commodity Bundles"
April 3rd, The Hague

The complexity of pricing tests for commodity bundles makes it
difficult to assess the competitive nature of observed pricing strategies, creating a risk of errors in intervention. To correctly assess the predatory nature of pricing, or attempts of price-squeeze, for example, requires a good understanding of the component relations, the structure of common costs and the ability of efficient rivals to replicate specific product bundles. This often requires advanced economic modelling and sophisticated empirical analysis. In this ENCORE workshop, ENCORE brought several leading practitioners together to discuss the latest developments in pricing tests for commodity bundles from both a legal and an economic point of view. Contributors to this workshop were: Patrick Greenlee (US Department of Justice), Andrea Coscelli (CRA International) and Peter Eijsvoogel (Allen & Overy).

To view the complete program, click here.

Brown Bags - NMa Lunch Seminars with Professor Simon Anderson and dr. Vivek Ghosal

In cooperation with the NMa (the Netherlands Competition Authority) ENCORE organized two Brown Bags.

On March 10th professor Simon Anderson (University of Virginia) presented his recent research on comparative advertising, and discussed some of its (competition) policy implications. This brown bag was prepatory to the ENCORE Annual Conference.
To view his CV and paper, cllick here.

On May 19th dr. Vivek Ghosal (Georgia Institute for Technology) presented his recent research on competition assessment and regulatory reform.
To view his CV and paper, click here.

Winners ENCORE Thesis Prizes

During the ENCORE Annual Conference, the ENCORE Thesis Prizes 2008 were awarded. The first prize was for Carina Suchanek, University of Maastricht. The second prize went to Floks Laverman, University of Amsterdam and the third prize to Jonathan Turner, University of Amsterdam.

To download the winning theses and to view the jury report, click here.

 
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Organization

ENCORE is an open platform that operates within the broad sphere of Industrial Organization, with an emphasis on issues of competition and regulation. ENCORE is located at the University of Amsterdam.
More information can be found on www.encore.nl/about.

ENCORE Once More

This e-mail newsletter aims to inform about ENCORE-activities and replaces the many separate e-mail invitations to participate in ENCORE-events. If you wish to unsubscribe, please send us an e-mail with 'unsubscribe' in the header: info@encore.nl

 
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