Hans W. Friederiszick

Director, E.CA and Research Fellow, ESMT Berlin

Dr Hans W. Friederiszick is a Director and founder of E.CA Economics. He has more than 20 years of experience advising clients across the competition economics field, i.e. mergers, cartels, abuse of a dominant position and State aid cases, and has led teams of economists engaged in international antitrust investigations. Dr Friederiszick has been retained as an economic expert in the German, UK and other European courts and has been named in Global Competition Review’s (GCR) Who’s Who as one of the field’s leading competition economists. According to WWL’s 2022 client survey he “is an exceptional competition economist” and, according to the same survey, “his in-depth knowledge and experience in the field is impressive”.

In 2024, Dr Friederiszick was again listed as a Global Elite Thought Leader in WWL Competition report. Additionally, the renowned German legal publication JUVE ranked him among the very top competition economists in Germany in 2023.

He was part of the first Chief Economist Team of DG COMP (2003 to 2006) and is a Research Fellow at ESMT Berlin. Dr Friederiszick has published widely and is a regular speaker at international antitrust conferences. Recent publications address the economic analysis in European competition law (NOMOS Kommentar, Europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht, 2023 and 2024), reverse privatization in waste collection (Review of Industrial Organization, 2022) and cartel litigation activity (Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, 2021).

A detailed CV can be downloaded here.

    • Dr. rer. pol., Free University, Berlin
    • Doctorate Program, Humboldt University of Berlin and Free University, Berlin
    • Dipl.-Vw., Free University, Berlin
    • Article
    • Papers & reports
    Byte-sized battle over data transport fees
    • Papers & reports
    European State Aid Law
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elżbieta Głowicka, Jakub Kałuzny, published by Prof Dr Marc Bungenberg and Helge Heinrich at Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, European State Aid Law, second edition, October 2024

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    • Competition
    • Competition Policy Studies
    • Economics
    • Papers & reports
    Economic trade-offs in rail transport
    • Article
    • Papers & reports
    The role of economic analyses in the enforcement of European antitrust law
    , Hans W. Friederiszick, Published by Prof Helmuth Schröter, Robert Klotz and Bernhard von Wendland at Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, European Competition Law, third edition, March 2024

    Our director Hans W. Friederiszick and associate principal Rafael Aigner contributed the chapter “The role of economic analyses in the enforcement of European antitrust law”.

    This reference work for competition law covers the entire field of antitrust and merger law with all procedural rules, enriched with commentaries and interpretations by relevant experts.

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    • Papers & reports
    Reverse Privatization as a Reaction to the Competitive Environment: Evidence from Solid Waste Collection in Germany
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Juri Demuth, S. Reinhold, Review of Industrial Organization 60, 217–261, October 2022

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    • Article
    GCR Insight – Enforcer Hub – Germany overview
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Thomas Hildebrand, Simone Kohnz, Rainer Nitsche, GCR Insight, Enforcer Hub, January 2021

    An extract from GCR’s Enforcer Hub is available here. The whole publication is available at https://globalcompetitionreview.com/insight/enforcer-hub/2020

    • Papers & reports
    Support study for the revision of the EU Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy applicable in 2014-2020
    Elżbieta Głowicka, Hans W. Friederiszick, Anselm Mattes, Arvid Viaene and others, DIW Berlin, SheppardMullin, University of East Anglia, European Commission 2021, January 2021

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    • Article
    • Papers & reports
    The impact of EU cartel policy reforms on the timing of settlements in private follow-on damages disputes—an empirical assessment of cases from 2001 to 2015
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, Michael Rauber, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2021, Pages 313–346, November 2020

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    • Papers & reports
    Retrospective evaluation of the regional State aid framework
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elżbieta Głowicka, Linda Gratz, and others, Final Report prepared by E.CA Economics, DIW Berlin and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, European Commission, June 2020

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    • Papers & reports
    Ex Post State Aid Evaluation in Environmental Aid
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elżbieta Głowicka, Linda Gratz, Simone Lünenbürger, Andreas Rosenfeld, European State Aid Law Quarterly 4/2018 (Vol. 17), 509 - 524, October 2018

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    • Papers & reports
    GCR Insight – Handbook of Competition Economics 2019 – Germany overview
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Simone Kohnz, Rainer Nitsche, GCR Insight, 2018 Law Business Research Ltd, ISBN:978-78915-106-0, October 2018

    Our team contributed to the Competition Economics Handbook 2019 – Germany overview – which is now live on GCR Insight.

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    • Mergers
    • Papers & reports
    Recent economic applications in EU merger control: UPP and beyond
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Rainer Nitsche, E.CA Economics, June 2018

    More than a decade since the introduction of the ‘significant impediment to effective competition’ test (SIEC test) in the EU, refined economic methods have become increasingly relevant to the evaluation of mergers. This paper addresses three of the more important assessment methods in this context: the UPP (upward pricing pressure) method, the analysis of ‘natural experiments’ and the analysis of bidding data.

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    • Papers & reports
    Environmental State aid – study for the German ministry on ex-post evaluation
    Linda Gratz, Hans W. Friederiszick, Michael Rauber, Umweltbundesamt, ISSN 1862-4804, Dessau-Roβlau, May 2018

    The EU Commission recently introduced new obligations for the ex-post evaluation of State aid schemes for member states. To prepare for upcoming submissions to the Commission the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and the associated Environmental Agency engaged E.CA Economics (Dr Hans W. Friederiszick, Dr Linda Gratz, Dr Michael Rauber, Dr. Daniel Streitz) and the law firm Redeker Sellner Dahs (Dr. Simone Lünenbürger, Dr. Gero Ziegenhom, Dr. Andreas Rosenfeld, Dr. Ulrich Karpenstein) for an interdisciplinary research project on ex-post evaluations of environmental aid. To assess the probability with which the Commission would request an ex-post evaluation of an environmental State aid scheme, the team designed a novel warning system. Moreover, a roadmap helping to steer the organisation, scope and timing of an ex-post evaluation by the ministry was developed. The most important methodical issues when carrying out an ex-post evaluation were explained using examples of environmental aid schemes. The legal analysis included the data-protection framework and the requirements regarding the expert`s independency for upcoming ex-post evaluations.

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    • Papers & reports
    Reverse privatization as a reaction to the competitive environment: Evidence from solid waste collection in Germany
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Juri Demuth, Steffen Reinhold, ESMT Working Paper 18-02, SSRN, RePEc, EconStor, April 2018

    The named persons have published a working paper exploring the motives for reverse privatisation of the provision of solid waste collection services by German municipalities. Using a unique panel data set the authors show that municipalities do not only react to cost advantages of private companies but also to the competitive environment.

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    • Papers & reports
    Price Comparison Websites and Selective Distribution Systems: An Effects-Based Approach
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elżbieta Głowicka, Theon van Dijk, Complaw-blog, December 2017

    The named persons published an article on the CompLaw blog, arguing for an effects-based approach when analyzing restrictions in the use and/or active support of price comparison websites by authorised dealers within a selective distribution system.

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    GCR Live 8th Annual Competition Litigation
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Global Competition Review Live Events, London, October 2016

    Hans W. Friederiszick chaired a session on economic issues on the StreetMap and MasterCard trials at the GCR Live 8th Annual Competition Litigation in London, on 7th October 2016.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Papers & reports
    Remunicipalization and Competition in the Waste management Industry
    Juri Demuth, Hans W. Friederiszick, Neue Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht, pages 246-253, June 2016

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Papers & reports
    Competition policy in modern retail markets
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elżbieta Głowicka, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Oxford University Press, November 2015

    Hans W. Friederiszick and Ela Glowicka published an article on the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. The article maps out the alignment of characteristics of products targeted by recent antitrust enforcement in Europe with the likelihood of free-rider effects taking place. Specifically in the case of products with search and experience characteristics, intensive enforcement activity despite prevalent free-riders were found.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Papers & reports
    Hidden Efficiencies: The Relevance of Business Justifications in Abuse of Dominance Cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, Journal of Competition Law & Economics, August 2015

    This article assesses the relevance of efficiencies and other justifications in recent Article 102 TFEU cases. Based on a review of all EU decisions and openings between 2009 and mid-2013, we find that procompetitive justifications still play an unsatisfactory role in the EU Commission’s evaluations, except in IT-related abuse cases. This stands in contrast to the policy goals expressed during the reform phase (from 2005 to 2009), the Guidance Paper, and the increasing relevance of efficiency considerations in merger proceedings. We argue that this development is due to a malfunctioning of the balancing test—that is, the weighting of pro- and anticompetitive effects, as pro- and anticompetitive effects are often non-separable and non-monotone in Article 102 TFEU cases. Policy options are discussed, and it is argued that a fully integrated analysis is the only policy option fully addressing the problem.

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    A Fleet Without a Captain? Taking Stock of European Antitrust Litigation Post EU Directive
    • Papers & reports
    Cross-country price comparisons for competitive assessment
    • Papers & reports
    Resale Price Maintenance: An overview of EU and national case law
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elżbieta Głowicka, Bulletin e-Competitions EU Resale Price Maintenance, Art. N° 62050., January 2014
    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    Implications of the State Aid Modernisation for the Assessment of Large Investment Projects
    Hans W. Friederiszick, EStAL - Issue: 1/2013 - pp. 46-60., January 2013

    The Regional Aid Guidelines foresee specific screens for an in-depth assessment of Large Investment Projects (LIPs): an in-depth assessment is initiated if the market share of the aid beneficiary is above 25% or the investment results in a capacity expansion above 5% in a declining market. It is currently being discussed within the broader State Aid Modernization package and also due to a recent court ruling on the case Propapier whether these market screens should stay as they are. Based on a dataset of all LIP cases notified under the 2006 Regional Aid Guidelines, we evaluate those market screens and find that the screens do have the power to identify problematic cases – cases with a below average expected aid effectiveness and aid measures targeting specific industries. We also find, however, that the market screens are affected by a severe implementation problem and, hence, do not help to shorten phase I investigations. From a conceptual perspective, they are also not capable of identifying some of the potentially most problematic regional State aid cases. Policy options are discussed.

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    • Type of publication
    Benzinpreise – Marktmacht, Preissetzung und Konsequenzen
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Panel discussion at the annual conference of the German Competition Authority, Bonn, October 2011

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    • Type of publication
    Überwälzungen der Opportunitätskosten von CO2-Zertifikaten als Ausbeutungsmissbrauch – eine ökonomische Analyse
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, In: Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 09/2008. 929–940, September 2008
    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    Triggering inspections ex officio: moving beyond a passive EU cartel policy
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Frank P. Maier-Rigaud, Journal of Competition Law and Economics 2008 4: 89-113, March 2008
    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    Using Economic Analysis to Assess R&D&I State Aid Measures
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, European State Aid Law Quarterly, Vol. 6 (4), 592-604, October 2007
    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    European State aid control. An Economic Framework
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, In P. Buccirossi (Ed.) Handbook of Antitrust Economics. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT press. 625-671, March 2007
    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Papers & reports
    Dominant and Efficient – On the Relevance of Efficiencies in Abuse of Dominance Cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, ESMT Working Paper No. WP-12-01.

    The European Commission’s policy on the relevance of efficiency considerations in abuse of dominance cases (Article 102 TFEU) has not been resolved satisfactorily. In an attempt to give guidance on this matter, we address the topic from two different angles: First, we review EC soft law provisions and recent decisions. Based on this review, we find that efficiency defences play a limited role under the current practice. They are of relevance in the growing number of IT related cases but only in these. Second, we explore – in the example of low price strategies – business practitioners’ views on the relevance of the pro and anti-competitive motives. Based on a survey of EMBA students, we find that low price strategies are indeed frequently used. The motives are diverse however, often pro-competitive and in line with antitrust compliance, i.e. low price strategies are rarely considered advisable for leading firms. Finally, policy conclusions are drawn.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Mergers
    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    • State aid
    The Handbook of Competition Economics 2012 – Germany (country chapter)
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Rainer Nitsche, Dennis Beling, In: C. Campbell (Ed.), The Handbook of Competition Economics 2012. Nottinghamshire: Encompass Print Solutions.

    An extract from The Handbook of Competition Economics 2012- a Global Competition Review special report – www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    The German Cement Cartel case and the trade-off between accuracy and practicality
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Concurrences 1: 24-26.

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    • Papers & reports
    GCR Insight – Handbook of Competition Economics 2020 – Germany overview

    Hans W. Friederiszick, Simone Kohnz, and Rainer Nitsche contributed to the Competition Economics Handbook 2020 – Germany overview

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Mergers
    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    • State aid
    The Handbook of Competition Economics 2014 – Germany (country chapter)
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Rainer Nitsche, Lars Wiethaus, Global Competition Review.

    “An extract from The Handbook of Competition Economics 2014 – www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    Quantification of harm to competition by national courts and competition agencies
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Elisabeth Fugger, Background note for the OECD Secretariat to the Competition Committee (FR & EN).

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    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Kooperation zum Bau neuer Glasfasernetze – Wettbewerbsökonomische Beurteilung für Swisscom, ewz, ewb und die Stadt St. Gallen
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars Wiethaus, ESMT Competition Analysis Final Report.

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    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    Anticompetitive Behaviour of Public Enterprises – Lessons to Be Learned from European State Aid Control
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Concurrences 1: foreword

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    • Type of publication
    Assessment of a sustainable Internet model for the near future
    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    Quantification of Harm in Damages Actions for Antitrust Infringements: Insights from German Cartel Cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Journal of Competition Law & Economics 6 (3), 595-618.

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    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Zugangsregulierung – Auswirkung auf Investitionen in das Festnetz in der Schweiz
    Bas Dessens, Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars Wiethaus, Eine Studie für die Swisscom AG. 2009.

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    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Analysing the Relationship Between Regulations and Investment in the Telecom Sector
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, ESMT White Paper 2007.

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    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Energy: Choices for Europe
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Juan Delgado, ESMT Whitepaper Series

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    Ökonomische Analyse in der EU Wettbewerbspolitik. Ein erstes Resümee
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, In: Baudenbacher, C. (Ed.), Neueste Entwicklungen im europäischen und internationalen Kartellrecht. Dreizehntes St. Galler Internationales Kartellrechtsforum, Helbing und Lichtenhahn.

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    The Role of Economics in Cartel Detection in Europe
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Frank P. Maier-Rigaud, In: D. Schmidtchen, M. Albert and S. Voigt (eds.), The More Economic Approach in European Competition Law, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.

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    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    Der “Refined Economic Approach” in der Beihilfenkontrolle. Innen- und Außenansichten
    Hans W. Friederiszick, In: P. Oberender (Ed.), Der "more economic approach" in der Beihilfenkontrolle. Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik. Band 319. 49-62.
    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    Overcharge Estimations in Cartel Cases – Lessons Learned from a Recent Judgment on the German Paper Wholesaler Cartel
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, In: Global Competition Litigation Review 1/2008, 1-10.
    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    An Economic Assessment of the Relationship between Price Regulation and Incentives to Innovate in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Francis de Véricourt, ESMT No. WP-109-03.

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    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    Does Europe need subsidized competition for achieving the goal of rapid deployment of broadband networks?
    Rainer Nitsche, Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Comments on the draft Community Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to rapid deployment of broadband networks. Submitted to the EC Commission.

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Papers & reports
    Economic Analysis in EU Competition Cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, In: J. Drexl, L. Idiot and J. Monéger (Eds.), Economic Theory and Competition Law. Chapter 1, 3-19.
    • Papers & reports
    • State aid
    On the Difficult Relationship between Competition Policy and Public Enterprises – What can be learned from Recent Developments in the Field of European State Aid Control
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Jakub Kałuzny, In: The Pros and Cons of Competition in/by the Public Sector, edited by the Swedish Competition Authority.
    • Papers & reports
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Railway Alliances in EC Long-Distance Passenger Transport: A Competitive Assessment Post-Liberalization 2010
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Tseveen Gantumur, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Jens Weinmann, Rajshri Jayaraman, ESMT No. WP-109-01.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    The Antitrust Enforcement Symposium 2017
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Oxford, June 2017

    With more than forty senior law and economic experts, the Antitrust Enforcement Symposium in Oxford has become one of the leading platforms for most recent competition policy issues around the globe. The symposium is organized by Ariel Ezrachi and Bill E. Kovacic, and supported by E.CA Economics. This year it featured keynote speeches by Maureen Ohlhausen, FTC, Paul Johnson, Canadian Competition Bureau and Bob Marshall, Bates White. Hans W. Friederiszick, E.CA Economics, contributed to the panel discussion on digital markets.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    DG COMP Workshop on pass-on
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Brussels, June 2017

    DG COMP organized a workshop in Brussels on 21st June 2017 with economic experts on the quantification of passing-on of overcharges in damages actions. Academic presentation were given by Roman Inderst, Özlem Bedre-Defolie, Markus Reisinger, André Romahn, Frank Verboven, Frode Steen and other.

    Hans W. Friederiszick, E.CA Economics, discussed the practical feasibility specifically highlighting the discrepancy between economic and legal causality according to the recent Sainsbury’s vs. MasterCard decision (CAT, 2016).

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    • Presentations
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Geographic Market Definition – Analysis & Visualization
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Brussels, May 2017

    Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick gave a presentation at the E.CA Compettion Law & Economics Expert Forum held in Brussels on 31 May 2017.

    The E.CA Expert Forum, held annually, offers insights into recent developments in competition law and economics with a special focus on market definition for merger and antitrust purposes. The EU Notice on Market Definition was published in 1997 and has been widely used ever since. This year marks its 20th anniversary and we will take this opportunity to review some of the “classic” methods and issues related to market definition and look ahead at new questions arising in the era of fast-moving digital markets and two-sided platforms;

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    • Presentations
    • State aid
    Conference on State Aid Control: Where Law and Economics Meet
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lexxion, Brussels, September 2016

    Hans W. Friederiszick chaired and Vincent Verouden spoke at the Lexxion Conference on State Aid Control: Where Law and Economics Meet, at the VUB in Brussels on 30 September 2016.
    Different panels of experts discussed various topics as: Ex post evaluations of State aid, the economics of State aid to infrastructure, State aid in tax and international Treaties, the Market Economy Investor test, Theories of harm in State aid Control, International competitiveness.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    Presentation at The Antitrust Enforcement Symposium

    Hans W. Friederiszick gave a presentation at the Antitrust Enforcement seminar in Oxford. He presented most recent figures on private litigation activity in Europe, specifically exploring the recent trend towards early settlements (based on joint work with Michael Rauber,E.CA Economics).

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    Presentation on rebates at the “New Frontiers of Antitrust“ conference in Paris
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, Concurrences, Paris, June 2016

    Hans W. Friederiszick discussed together with Andreas Mundt, Trevor Soames and Nicolas Petit recent developments regarding enforcement practice on rebates in Europe. Hans presentation (jointly produced with Linda Gratz , E.CA Economics) specifically explored the merits of the As Efficient Competitor Test.

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    • Presentations
    Is economic analysis in 102 cases still relevant post Intel?
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, The Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, Oxford, June 2014

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    • Presentations
    Patents: Can Antitrust Authorities Contribute to Fixing the Dysfunctional Patent System?
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference, Paris, February 2014

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    Workshop on EU Cartel Litigation The Economists’ role
    Rainer Nitsche, Hans W. Friederiszick, Antitrust and Competition Law Compliance, Amsterdam, September 2013

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    Dominant and Efficient – On the Relevance of Efficiencies in Abuse of Dominance Cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Linda Gratz, Hal White Antitrust Conference, June 2013

    The European Commission’s policy on the relevance of efficiency considerations in abuse of dominance cases (Article 102 TFEU) has not been resolved satisfactorily. In an attempt to give guidance on this matter, we address the topic from two different angles: First, we review EC soft law provisions and recent decisions. Based on this review, we find that efficiency defences play a limited role under the current practice. They are of relevance in the growing number of IT related cases but only in these. Second, we explore – in the example of low price strategies – business practitioners’ views on the relevance of the pro and anti-competitive motives. Based on a survey of EMBA students, we find that low price strategies are indeed frequently used. The motives are diverse however, often pro-competitive and in line with antitrust compliance, i.e. low price strategies are rarely considered advisable for leading firms. Finally, policy conclusions are drawn.

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Mergers
    • Presentations
    • Regulated industries and market design
    • State aid
    Standard of Proof for Economic Evidence in Competition Cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, IBC Competition Economics 2013, London, April 2013

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    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    Economics to Detect Collusion : The Hunt for the Perfect Benchmark
    Hans W. Friederiszick, 10th ACE Annual Conference, Paris, October 2012
    • Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements
    • Presentations
    Dominant and Efficient : On the relevance of efficiencies in Article 102 TFEU cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the OECD Roundtable, Paris, October 2012

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    • Presentations
    Regional Aid Guidelines and Large Investment Projects
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the 10th Experts' Forum on New Developments in European State Aid Law, Brussels, June 2012

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    Defending Cartels in Regulatory Investigations – The Role of Economics
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Peter D. Camesasca, Presentation at the IBC Competition Economics 2012, London, March 2012

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    Competitive assessment of price cycles in German retail gasoline markets
    Bas Dessens, Hans W. Friederiszick, Dennis Beling, Presentation at the ACE Annual Conference, Bergen, Norway, November 2011

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    Informationsaustausch
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation on the law and economics of information exchange at the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, Munich, October 2011

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    Comments on the EU draft Guidance Paper – Quantification of harm
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the EC workshop on the draft Guidance Paper on the quantification of harm in Brussels, September 2011

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    • Presentations
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Kooperation zum Bau neuer Glasfasernetze – Wettbewerbsökonomische Beurteilung
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars Wiethaus, Presentation at economiesuisse: Seminar FTTH Glasfaser, Zurich, June 2011

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Pros and cons of net neutrality – Assessment of a sustainable Internet business model for the near future
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Simone Kohnz, Presentation at the ETNO Meeting, at the Deutsche Telekom representation, Berlin, March 2011

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    • Presentations
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Pharmaceutical innovation and pricing regulation – An economic assessment
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at Novartis: Workshop on The Forms of Pharmaceutical Regulation and Their Influence on Innovation in the Health System, Prague, January 2011

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    • Presentations
    • Regulated industries and market design
    Pharmaceutical innovation and pricing regulation – An economic assessment
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the European Parliament: Economic Impact of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation on Innovative Products, Lunch Seminar organised by EUCOPE, Brussels, October 2010

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    Private enforcement: Damage assessment – Insights from German cartel cases
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the Belgian Competition Authority: European Competition Day, Brussels, October 2010

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    • Presentations
    • State aid
    Wie geht es weiter nach der Krise? – Argumente für und gegen Fortführung des Temporary Framework State Aid
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the Euroforum: Beihilfenrecht 2010, Berlin, June 2010

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
    • Presentations
    On the relationship between price regulation and innovation
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at Howrey LLP: Competition and Intellectual Property Symposium, Paris, June 2010

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
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    Measuring competition in regulation and antitrust
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen: Workshop on Effective Competition in Network Industries, Giessen, May 2010

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    Pharmaceutical innovation and pricing regulation
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the Workshop at the EC - DG Enterprise, Brussels, May 2010

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    Quantification of harm in damages actions for antitrust infringements
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the European Commission: Workshop on quantification of antitrust harm, Brussels, January 2010

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    Competition between railway operators and low cost carriers in long-distance passenger transport
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung: Competition Policy Forum, Mannheim, December 2009

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    The German Cement Cartel
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the ACE Annual Conference, Berlin, November 2009, hosted by ESMT., November 2009

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    • State aid
    On the difficult relationship between competition policy and public enterprises
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Jakub Kałuzny, Swedish Competition Authority Seminar :"The Pros and Cons of Competition in/by the Public Sector", Stockholm, November 2009

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    (An-) Reizeffekt: Stärken und Schwächen
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht e.V.: 16. Veranstaltung, Berlin, October 2009

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    • Regulated industries and market design
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    Legal and economic impact of the state aid measures
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the IBC Legal conferences, 3rd annual event: Competition Law in the Financial Services Sector, London, June 2009

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    Analyzing the Perspectives for Intramodal Competition in the Railway Industry – the Case of Long-Distance Passenger Transport
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Presentation at the Bates White 6th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 2009

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    • Litigation, damages and arbitration
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    Analyzing the Perspectives for Intramodal Competition in the Railway Industry – the Case of Long-Distance Passenger Transport
    Hans W. Friederiszick, Presentation at the European Parliament, Brussels, April 2009