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Our economists shape the debate on competition law and economics by contributing to some of the most high-profile competition cases in Europe, by conducting research and publishing in journals, and by speaking at major conferences on all topics of competition economics. Every year, we invite distinguished scholars, regulators and practitioners to exchange ideas at the E.CA Expert Forum.

 

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2 July 2019 | News
Theon van Dijk new Chief Economist at ACM Read More

Theon van Dijk, currently director at E.CA Economics’ office in Brussels, will be the new Chief Economist at the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) as of 1 October 2019.

 

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1 July 2019 | News
E.CA Economics presenting at CRESSE 2019 Conference Read More

E.CA Economics Presenting at CRESSE 2019 Conference

Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick will be participating in a roundtable discussion on “Dealing with the digitalization of economies: should the enforcement rules be changed and how?”. Preceding the round table Fiona Scott Morton will give a the keynote address. The CRESSE 2019 14th  International Conference on Competition and Regulations will take place from 5th to 7th July in Rhodes (Greece).

Jan Melcher and Thomas Nau, will be attending courses and modules on Competition and Regulation at the 14th CRESSE Summer School and Conference that will take place from 29th June to 11th of July in Rhodes island, Greece.

 

30 June 2019 | News
E.CA Economics presented at The Antitrust Enforcement Symposium 2019, 28-29 June Read More

Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick spoke at this year’s Antitrust Enforcement Symposium in Oxford. He gave a presentation on the topic ‘Reconciling Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Regulation – The Concept of Vulnerable Markets With an Application to Online Food Platforms.’ This year it featured keynote speeches by Frédéric Jenny and Andreas Mundt.

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24 June 2019 | News
4th Annual BCCP Conference, Berlin, 21 June 2019 Read More

Dr. Hans W Friederiszick participated in the 4th Annual BCCP Conference “Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: The Rise of Corporate Power” that was held at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center on 21 June 2019. Dr. Friederiszick moderated the “Policy Roundtable: Consumer and Competition Policy in Times of Rising Corporate Power”.

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17 June 2019 | News
2019 Hal White Antitrust Conference, 9-11 June Read More

Rafael Aigner and Paula Mäkelä participated in the Bates White 2019 Hal White Antitrust Conference that was held in Washington DC from 9 to 11 June 2019. Both Rafaël and Paula presented their research in the Poster session on the Academic agenda.

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12 June 2019 | News
E.CA Economics to speak at Chillin’Competition conference on 14th June Read More

On 14th June, Chillin’Competition organised its conference “State Aid: Charting the Territory” and spoke about the future of state aid control in a post-Brexit world.

Speakers at the conference included Viktor Kreuschitz (Judge at the General Court), Vincent Verouden (European Commission), Penelope Papandropoulos (European Commission), Massimo Merola (BonelliErede), José Luis Buendía Sierra (Garrigues), Jacques Derenne (SheppardMullin), Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo (Garrigues), Andreas von Bonin (Freshfields), Juliette Enser (Competition and Markets Authority), Christian Jordal (EFTA Surveillance Authority), Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (LSE and College of Europe) and many others.

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Europe, ECA Economics
21 May 2019 | News
E.CA Economics co-authors paper on state aid control post-Brexit Read More

On May 20, the European Policy Centre (EPC) published the report “Ensuring a post-Brexit level playing field” on future EU-UK trading relations.

With contributions from Vincent Verouden (European Commision), Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (LSE), David Baldock (Senior Fellow, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)), Larissa Brunner (Policy Analyst), Emily Lydgate (Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex; Fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory), Marley Morris (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)), Martin Nesbit (Senior Fellow and Head of Climate and Environmental Governance, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)), Jacques Pelkmans (Senior Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)), and Fabian Zuleeg (Chief Executive and Chief Economist)

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6 May 2019 | News
E.CA Economics spoke at ECLA Conference in Prague on 24-25 May 2019 Read More

E.CA Economics has participated in a panel of the 2nd Annual Conference of the European Competition Lawyers Association, on 24 and 25 May in Prague. The panel discussed the updating of the EC Block Exemption Regulation for vertical restraints.

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Litigation, damages and arbitration, ECA Economics
28 March 2019 | News
E.CA cartel damages work mentioned in Juve article Read More

In a recent Juve article an E.CA team headed by Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick is mentioned and considered decisive for the withdrawal of a damages claims brought by Schlecker, Müller and Rossmann against chocolate and biscuit manufacturers.

 

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27 March 2019 | News
Speyerer Kartellrechtsforum, Speyer University Read More

Dr. Hans W. Friederiszick, Director at E.CA Economics, presented at the Speyerer Kartellrechtsforum in Speyer University on 25 March 2019 on the Change in Theories of Harm and the Effects of Digitization on Economic Analyses in Competition Law.

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Cartels and other anti-competitive agreements, ECA Economics
19 March 2019 | News
E.CA Economics at a career fair in Mannheim (28 March 2019) Read More

E.CA Economics will attend the first MaCCI Career Day in Competition Economics. The event will take place on 28 March 2019 at the Mannheim University.

 

19 March 2019 | News
We are currently looking for a IT/EDV Administrator / Software Entwickler / Datenanalyst Read More

For further details and requirements, please check our career page.

11 March 2019 | News
E.CA attended a career fair in Brussels Read More

E.CA Economics attended the Bocconi & Jobs abroad. The event took place in Brussels at the Pullmann Brussels Midi Hotel on 11 March 2019.

22 February 2019 | News
40 in their 40’s Notable Women Competition Professionals Award Read More

We are proud to announce that our Director, Simone Kohnz; our Associate Principal, Ela Glowicka and our Senior Consultant, Astrid Jung were acknowledged as ’40 in their 40s Notable Women at Competition Professionals in Economics’ Award organised by W@Competition.

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E.CA Economics
16 January 2019 | News
3rd Annual W@Competition Conference Read More

Alia Schweiger and Linda Gratz will be participating in the 3rd Annual W@Competition Conference that will be held on 21st February 2019 at The Hotel, Brussels.

The one-day conference will feature a number of renowned and yet to be discovered competition professionals from enforcement authorities, in-house, private practice and competition economics.

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11 January 2019 | News
Nomination to 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards! Read More
10 January 2019 | News
Workshop: Re-municipalisation of municipal services in Europe and US: a trend or a hype? Read More

Hans. W. Friederiszick and Steffen Reinhold will participate in the workshop that will be held at the University of Amsterdam on 14th January 2019.

Steffen Reinhold will be presenting during Session II: Ideological and Political Motives in Reverse Privatization: Evidence from Solid Waste Collection in Germany. The presentation investigates whether and to what extent ideological and political motives drive reverse privatisation, or whether it is an efficient reaction to contracting problems in the private sector. If reverse privatisation was driven largely by ideological or political motives instead of efficiency considerations there would be potentially societal costs attached to providing services in-house. Distinguishing between ideological and political motives also sheds light on the question whether the recent trends towards in-house provision reflect the preferences of the electorate and the municipal decision makers or the preferences of smaller interest groups such as local entrepreneurs or public sector employees. While there is little support for the notion that political ideology is a main driver of reverse privatisation, there is evidence that interest groups are important determinants of the choice of mode of service provision.

10 January 2019 | News
Promotions 2019 Read More

We are proud to announce the following promotions – Bas Dessens, Principal; Rafael Aigner, Manager; Christoph von Muellern, Manager; Sefan Witte, Manager; Brecht Boone, Senior Economist; Harm van Leeuwen, Senior Economist. Congratulations – great success!

Rainer Nitsche, Director E.CA Economics and Research Fellow, ESMT
14 December 2018 | News
ERA Judges training – Antitrust enforcement in digital markets Read More

Rainer Nitsche presented at the Training for National judges on Antitrust enforcement in digital markets in Düsseldorf on 13-14 December 2018. His presentation covered the characteristics of digital and multi-sided markets as well as market definition.
The 1.5-day seminar aims at equipping judges who deal with competition law cases with the tools to understand online platforms and analyse digital, two- and multisided markets and train them to take the relevant competition law and economic considerations into account in the execution of their tasks. The seminar focuses on building specialised knowledge on digital markets and online platforms with regard to the application of Article 102 TFEU and merger control.

7 December 2018 | News
European Job Market organised in collaboration with the Centre for studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) and the University of Naples. Read More

Vincent Verouden and Harm van Leeuwen are participating in the first European Job Market, this 6 and 7 December 2018 in Naples, Italy.

The EEA launches the first European Job Market, on December 6-7 2018, in Naples, Italy. The Job Market will take place immediately after the Econometric Society Winter Meetings (ESWM). Participating candidates will be interviewed by institutions from all over Europe, including universities, business schools, research centres and central banks. This year’s edition of the job market is organised in collaboration with the Centre for studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) and the University of Naples Federico II.

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30 November 2018 | News
European Forum on Competition Litigation Read More

Hans W. Friederiszick participated in the European Forum on Competition Litigation that was held in Surrey (UK) on 28-30 November 2018.

Each year, the Forum’s Steering Committee welcomes up to 48 leading legal practitioners from across Europe, each of whom is personally selected and specialises in competition litigation matters. The group include representatives for both defendants and claimants, supplemented by a select group of economists and funders. The purpose of the Forum is to share the most pressing issues faced on behalf of clients, to learn how others address these problems and identify solutions that can work for each company.

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23 November 2018 | News
Business Networking Day organised by the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Read More

Linda Gratz and Valeria Plata Franco participated in the Business Networking Day organised by the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) on 23rd November 2018.

During the event, they had the opportunity to meet students with diverse backgrounds and from different economics programs. Furthermore, they conducted interviews and presented the company during the day.

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18 November 2018 | News
Annual ACE Conference-Bologna 15-16 November 2018 Read More

This year’s Annual ACE Conference was held at the University of Bologna (Italy) from 15 to 16 November 2018.  During this conference, Hans W. Friederiszick chaired the Keynote Speech addressed by Lars-Hendrik Röller and followed by a discussion with Tommaso Valleti, on the role of economics in public decision making. Rainer Nitsche, gave a presentation during tha paralell session on the Germany Merger-Cement merger: Experimenting with new methods for defining local geographic markets and virtual slicing remedies, while Theon van Dijk was presenting at the Antitrust in Dutch Courts – VBO vs Funda paralell session and Vincent Verouden at the  Ex post assessment of the impact of state aid on competition paralell session.

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25 October 2018 | News
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) Consulting Day Read More

Steffen Reinhold and Romain Defoort participated in the Consulting Day organised by the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) on 22 October 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

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Rainer Nitsche, Director E.CA Economics and Research Fellow, ESMT
24 October 2018 | News
Mannheim Competition Policy Forum Read More

Rainer Nitsche spoke at the Mannheim Competition Policy Forum on 24 October 2018. He talked about intra-platform competition on hybrid e-commerce platforms like Amazon. The Forum aims at providing a platform for the discussion of recent cases, general competition policy issues, and relevant academic research in the field. Renowned practitioners and academics are invited to present their views on cases and general policy questions. The presentation is followed by a discussion of the economic implications with the audience.

12 October 2018 | News
London School of Economics Careers Consultancy Fair 2018 Read More

Simone Kohnz, Juri Simons and Bas Dessens participated in the LSE Careers Consultancy Fair 2018, organised by the London School of Economics (LSE) in London on 11 October 2018.

10 October 2018 | News
University College London – Banking, Finance & Economics Careers Fair Read More

Simone Kohnz, Juri Simons and Bas Dessens participated in the Banking, Finance & Economics Fair organised by the University College London (UCL) on 10th October 2018.

29 September 2018 | News
Economics for EU Competition law: An essential tool for the national judge Read More

Steffen Reinhold taught in the ERA Course on Economics for EU Competition Law  from 27 to 28 September 2018 in Trier.

This course provided a thorough introduction to economic tools for judges in Article 101 and 102 TFEU cases.

12 September 2018 | News
The Android Decision: Which theory for what harm to competition? Read More

On 11 September 2018 Hans W. Friederiszick presented at the  Global Competition Law Centre’s 102nd Lunch Talk in Brussels. Moderated by Eric MORGAN DE RIVERY, JonesDay, Nicholas BANASEVIC, DG COMP, Tero LOUKO, Google, and Hans, E.CA Economics, the panel discussed the recent Google Android decision.

 

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21 August 2018 | News
E.CA Economics sponsors the EARIE Annual Conference 2018 Read More

E.CA Economics is again sponsor of the EARIE Annual Conference. This year it will take place in Athens (Greece) from 31 August to 2 September 2018 and it is hosted by the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE). The Scientific Committee Chair is Paul Heidhues (ESMT Berlin and DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf).

 

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Open Positions, E.CA Economics
19 July 2018 | News
We are currently looking for economists at all levels Read More

For further details and requirements, please check our careers page.

2 July 2018 | News
CRESSE 2018 – 13th International Conference on Competition and Regulation Read More

Hans W. Friederiszick, Rafael Aigner and Stefan Witte participated in the 2018 CRESSE Conference titled “Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation”. It took place  from 29th June to 1st July in Crete. Hans contributed to a panel on ‘Foreclosure in platform markets‘ which was chaired by Howard Shelanski, a  former Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics.

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26 June 2018 | News
15-year celebration of the Chief Economist Team, DG COMP Read More

On June 26th, DG Competition’s Chief Economist Team celebrated its 15th anniversary. Four current or past E.CA economists took part in this event: Lars-Hendrik Röller, the first Chief Economist and one of E.CA Economics founders, Hans W. Friederiszick, Ela Glowicka and Vincent Verouden. Commissioner Vestager and Director General Laitenberger congratulated the CET.

12 June 2018 | News
America has the internet, we have the things! The German way forward in regulating digital platforms Read More

 

Hans W. Friederiszick spoke at the CCP 14th Annual Conference on Competition Policy and Industrial Policy: Is there a need for a new balance?, on 7-8 June at the Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich. His presentation “The German way forward in regulating digital platforms”  focussed on the evolution and effects of digital platform markets and the German vision to regulating the market.

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Europe, ECA Economics
30 May 2018 | News
E.CA Economics has been awarded a framework contract in the area of state aid policy by the European Commission, DG Competition Read More

E.CA Economics has been awarded a framework contract for the provision of support studies for evaluations and impact assessments in the area of State aid policy by the European Commission, DG Competition

The subject of this contract is to conduct evaluation and impact assessment studies regarding one or more State aid policy instruments (legislation, guidelines, notice etc.) from an inter-disciplinary perspective and in accordance with the Commission’s binding evaluation and impact assessment standards.  The contract was awarded to a consortium of five partners: DIW Berlin, E.CA Economics, Lear, Sheppard Mullin and Uea Consulting. E.CA Economics is the consortium leader.

E.CA Economics Expert Forum - Berlin
13 March 2018 | News
E.CA Economics co-organised LIVE IP, Antitrust & Innovation conference Read More

E.CA Economics co-organised this year’s GCR LIVE IP, Antitrust & Innovation conference, which was held in Hotel Amigo Brussels on 13 March 2018. A short report of the event can be found here.

11 January 2018 | News
Simone Kohnz promoted to director Read More

E.CA Economics has promoted German national Simone Kohnz to director in Berlin.

Simone joined E.CA Economics in 2007 after having worked for a UK-based economic consulting firm. She has extensive experience in economic consulting advising clients from a wide range of industries, in all fields of competition policy and across a number of jurisdictions including Germany, the European Union, the UK, and Austria and specialises in the quantification of damages in private litigation cases.

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Download the GCR article here.

Rainer Nitsche, Director E.CA Economics and Research Fellow, ESMT
11 December 2017 | News
Gesprächskreis für Beihilfenrecht Read More

Rainer Nitsche presented at the Gesprächskreis für Beihilfenrecht on 11 December in Berlin.  He spoke about rescue and restructuring aid.

His presentation can be found here.