Previous workshops
24 May 2006: Workshop on 'Network Neutrality' in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, DG Telecom and Energy.
Programme and presentations will not become available
23 February 2006: Workshop on 'Consumer Search and Switching Costs'
Click for workshop program and workshop papers by Michael Waldman, Yongmin Chen and Jose-Luis Moraga
15 December 2005: Workshop on 'Consumers and Competition'
- coproduction with the Kenniscentrum voor Ordeningsvraagstukken.
Language: Dutch.
- Download program
- Download presentation by Victoria Shestalova
- Download presentation by Huub Halsema
- Download presentation by Eric van Damme
- Download presentation by Martin by de Leij
- Download presentation by Alwin Sixma
- Download presentation by Gerrit Antonides
1-2 April 2005: Workshop ' The Economics of Collusion and Tacit Collusion'
Click here for the workshop program (pdf)
The following draft papers were discussed during the workshop:
- The Impact of Leniency and Whistleblowing Programs on Cartels, by Aubert, Rey and Kovacic
- Cartel Overcharges: survey and meta-analysis, by Connor and Bolotova
- Price-fixing Overcharges: legal and economic evidence, by Connor
- Examining Models of Collusion: the Market for Lysine, by de Roos
- On Optimal cartel deterrence policies, by Frezal
- Cartel Pricing Dynamics with Cost Variability and Endogenous Buyer Detection, by Harrington and Chen
- On the Use of Low-Price Guarantees to Discourage Price-Cutting: A Test for Pairwise-Facilitation, by Arbatskaya and Hviid
- Competition Policy, Collusion, and Tacit Collusion, by Martin
- Imperfect Competition Law Enforcement, by Schinkel and Tuinstra
- The Risk of Contagion from Multimarket Contact, by Thomas and Willig
- Internal cartel stability with time-dependent detection probabilities, by Hinloopen
18-19 March 2005: Workshop 'Experiments for Antitrust Policies'
Click here for the workshop program (pdf)
The following draft papers were discussed during the workshop:
- Draft paper: Collusion in Growing and Shrinking Markets: Empirical Evidence from Experimental Duopolies, by Abbink and Brandts (pdf)
- Draft paper: Experimental Results on Collusion. The role of information and communication, by Haan, Schoonbeek and Winkel (pdf)
- Draft paper: Price Ceilings as Focal Points? An Experimental Test, by Engelmann and Normann (pdf)
- Draft paper: Merger Policy: What can we learn from experiments?, by Götte and Schmutzler (pdf)
- Draft paper: Experiments on the abuse of a dominant position, by van Damme, Hancher, Pierre Larouche and Müller (pdf)
- Draft paper: Transparency and Collusion. Experimental Evidence, by Potters (pdf)
24 February 2005: Workshop 'Evaluation of Competitive and Regulatory Policies'
- Program (pdf)
- Introduction (pdf)
- Draft paper Eric van Damme, University of Tilburg (pdf, in Dutch)
- Draft paper Maarten Janssen, Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus University Rotterdam (pdf, in Dutch)
- Draft paper Piet Rietveld, Free University Amsterdam (pdf)
- Discussion and presentation by Maarten Pieter Schinkel, ACLE, University of Amsterdam (ppt, in Dutch)
- Draft paper Arnoud Boot, ACLE/University of Amsterdam (pdf, in Dutch)
- Draft paper Hugo Keuzenkamp, Delta Lloyd and University of Amsterdam (pdf, in Dutch)
- Draft paper Coen Teulings, SEO, University of Amsterdam (pdf, in Dutch)
- Discussion and presentation by Jan Koeman, Ministry of Economic Affairs (pdf, in Dutch)
- Brief evaluation of the workshop (pdf, in Dutch)
28 October 2004: Workshop 'Competition Issues in Two-Sided Markets'
- Program (pdf)
- Position paper Mark Armstrong, University College London (pdf)
- Presentation Stijn van den Broek, Ministry of Economic Affairs (ppt)
- Presentation Rob Vossen, Netherlands Competition Authority (ppt)
4 March 2004: Workshop 'Managing Transition'
- Program (word)
- Position paper Maarten Janssen (pdf, in Dutch)
- Presentation
Bertholt Leeftink, Ministry of Finance
(ppt, in Dutch) - Presentation Bert Schoonbeek, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (pdf, in Dutch)
- Presentation Maarten Janssen, Erasmus University Rotterdam (ppt, in Dutch)
- Presentation Remko Bos, OPTA (ppt, in Dutch)
21 November 2003: Conference 'Structural Separation and Access Pricing'
23 October 2003: Workshop 'Design of Regulation'
- Program
- Report
- Position paper Roger Sherman (pdf)
- Position paper Per Agrell and Peter Bogetoft (pdf)
5 June 2003: Workhop 'Market Transparency'
- Program
- Report
- Presentations (ppt)
6 May 2003: Starting Workshop
- Report (Dutch)

