Mike Walker, Competition and Markets Authority: Role of Economics in Competition Analysis | DMCC Act

 Chez Oleg, here.

The Digital Fixer

 

Part I, Part II, and Part III.

How a DOJ [IO] Economist Approaches Antitrust in America

Odd Lots, herehere.  

RETHINKING MY ECONOMICS

 A. Deaton, here. 

What Have The Consultants Ever Done For Us?

 

T. Valletti, here. 

Art. 102 AEUV und die Rolle der Ökonomie

 T. Rohner, hier. 

Pierre Régibeau's Exit Interview...brought to you by CRA

 Concurrences, here. 

How Biden Can Get Antitrust Right

 J. Furman and C. Shapiro on the WSJ, here (and here). 

Competition Policy Enforcement in a Dynamic World

 P. Régibeau, here. 

Link: The Incentives Balance Test in the EU Microsoft Case: A More 'Economics-Based' Approach? by Simonetta Vezzoso :: SSRN

Antitrust Guidelines and Overthrowing a Corrupt Priesthood

 

M. Stoller, here. 

A never ending saga?

 

« Charles River Associates s’est déclaré « fier » de la nomination de sa « consultante de haut niveau Fiona Scott Morton ». Faut-il s’en inquiéter ? »

 

You can bet they were also very proud of all their CRA consultants nominated for the latest so called Antitrust Writing Awards, here. 

A very public, successful job interview, for a while.

 

Video, from 5:40:40. 

FSM "resigned", as you heard coming back to shore.

This is now for the archives: 

[BTW
-  her very clear position on interoperability is encouraging :) here;

- the Amazon/iRobot merger in-depth investigation following the Meta ruling is going to be very interesting (but can she say anything about it as former Amazon consultant? How many years ago was it?); 

- her Consultant's stance on cloud gaming being "a nascent technology that does not yet have a compelling use case" is hopefully correct;

- wondering if this roadmap could be of any use now;

- with addictive technologies aplenty, what has antitrust ever done for us? 

- Q: has there ever been an EU Chief Competition Economist who was not a CRA consultant? A: Yes!]]

Commission announces Guidelines on exclusionary abuses and amends Guidance on enforcement priorities

 EC, here. 

Is the Effects-Based Approach Too Cumbersome?: Taking Stock of Recent Practice and Case Law on Article 102 TFEU

 F. Castillo de la Torre, here. 

Spamming the regulator: How Big Tech's 'economic consultants' undermine EU competition policy

 Corporate Europe, here. 

How to Fix the Courts’ Misuse of Economics

 M. Katz, here. 

Ökonomie als Wissenschaft der Präferenzentstehung und Charakterbildung

 Hayek-Vorlesung mit Ernst Fehr, hier.

Change is needed in the next generation of economists

 FT, here. 

Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side

 NYTimes, here.