TILEC 15th Anniversary Conference: Legal and Economic Challenges in Competition Policy
Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) is pleased to announce its 15th Anniversary Conference:
Legal and Economic Challenges in Competition Policy
9 November 2018, Tilburg, The Netherlands
The goal of our conference is to gather academics in law and economics in a small scale setting and to discuss current challenges in competition policy.
We also give young scholars the opportunity to present their work and interact with other researchers through poster presentations.
Subjects include:
- the role of innovation in competition law
- novel theories of abuse of dominance
- behavioral economics and competition policy
Confirmed speakers
- Renato Gomes (Toulouse School of Economics),
- Paul Heidhues (Düsseldorf),
- Morten Hviid (University of East Anglia),
- Pablo Ibanez Colomo (LSE),
- Marina Lao (Seton Hall),
- Ioannis Lianos (UCL),
- Carlo Reggiani (Manchester),
- Giancarlo Spagnolo (SITE, Stockholm School of Economics).
Call for PhD posters for TILEC's 15th Anniversary Conference
TILEC is inviting posters from PhD researchers in competition law and/or economics. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference, and provide presenters with the opportunity to engage in discussion with other conference participants about their research.
Candidates should send their CV, title of the presented research, a 300 word abstract, and poster to tilec@tilburguniversity.edu. Submitted posters will be evaluated by the Conference Scientific Committee. TILEC will cover travel and accommodation expenses of the selected PhD researchers up to 400 EUR. Presenters are expected to print their poster and bring it to the conference venue.
Deadline for submission: 8 October 2018. Decisions will be communicated by 15 October 2018.Registration form TILEC 15th Anniversary Conference
Registration is closed.
Program TILEC 15th Anniversary Conference
Click here for the printable program as PDF
Venue : Simon building, room S8 Paviljoen (ground floor, at your right hand when you enter)
| From 8:30 | Registration and Coffee |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome remarks |
| Chair: Inge Graef, TILEC | |
| 9:15-10:00 | Morten Hviid, University of East Anglia - Broad Retail Price MFN Clauses: Are they RPM “at its Worst”? |
| Broad Retail Price MFN Clauses: Are they RPM “at its Worst”? | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Carlo Reggiani, University of Manchester - Online Travel Agencies, Price Parity Clauses and Firms’ Strategies: the Booking.com Case |
| Online Travel Agencies, Price Parity Clauses and Firms’ Strategies: the Booking.com Case | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break and Poster presentations |
| Chair: Bert Willems, TILEC | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Marina Lao, Seton Hall University - Digital Markets: Theories of Harm and the Appropriateness of Monopolization-Abuse of Dominance in Addressing Them |
| Digital Markets: Theories of Harm and the Appropriateness of Monopolization-Abuse of Dominance in Addressing Them | |
| 12:00-12:45 | Renato Gomes, Toulouse School of Economics - Missed Sales and the Pricing of Ancillary Goods |
| Missed Sales and the Pricing of Ancillary Goods | |
| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch and Poster presentations |
| Chair: Martin Husovec, TILEC | |
| 13:45-14:30 | Paul Heidhues, DICE-Düsseldorf - Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-Market Case for Regulation |
| Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-Market Case for Regulation | |
| 14:30-15:15 | Pablo Ibanez, LSE - Innovation considerations in competition law |
| Innovation Considerations in Competition Law | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break and Poster presentations |
| Chair: Cédric Argenton, TILEC | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics - Leniency Inflation and Private Actions |
| Leniency Inflation and Private Actions | |
| 16:30-17:15 | Ioannis Lianos, UCL - Casual talk in law and in economics: a competition law perspective |
| Causal Talk in Law and Economics: Implications for Competition Law | |
| From 17:15 | Goodbye drinks |
Poster presentations
- Niccolò Galli, Max Planck
Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
Patent Aggregation in Patent and Competition Law - Astrid Kiekert, DICE,
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Tying and Platform Competition – The Role of Market Power - Frank Schlütter, DICE,
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Vertical Financial Interest and Control - Wessel Wijtvliet, KU Leuven
Crowdsourcing the Attitudinal Model: The Behavior of General Court judges in EU Competition Law Cases
About Tilburg University and the Venue
Tilburg University is located in the southern part of the Netherlands. Its campus, designed with a compact architectural concept in mind, is set in gently undulating, park-like grounds on a forest edge. The compact green campus of Tilburg University is, just ten minutes away from the city center. Take a look around through our virtual campus tour!
Click here for a campus tour.
About Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Tilburg University is easy to reach by:
Routedescription and campus map
Venue
Simon building, room S8
Paviljoen
Ground floor, at your right hand when you enter.
Address Simon building: Prof. Cobbenhagenlaan 225, Tilburg
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