14-15 November, 2024
Aggregate Market Power and the Competitive Process
The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics and Durham Research in Economic Analysis and Mechanisms (DREAM) at Durham University Business School(DUBS) are organising an in-person workshop on the topic of “Aggregate market power and the competitive process”. The workshop will take place on November 14-15, 2024 and it is designed to facilitate a dialogue between academic researchers and policymakers trying to understand what makes an economy competitive, innovative and productive. See more information about the 2023 workshop and the CMA-Durham partnership.
The workshop will feature a keynote speech by Tommaso Valletti (Imperial).
The organising committee is looking for papers on the following topics:
- Aggregate market power and markup estimation
- Business dynamism and input reallocation across firms
- Market power in labour markets, input markets and supply chains
- Determinants of firm innovation and R&D choices, and resulting economic outcomes
- Interactions between industrial policy, international trade and competition
- Potential contributors to the UK productivity slowdown
Submissions using UK data, from early-career researchers and from those who are from under-represented groups are especially welcome.
Submit your papers here by 8 September 2024. Preference will be given to completed papers, but extended abstracts will also be considered. Successful candidates will be notified the following week. The workshop will take place at Durham University Business School. Attendance is free and open to all, but registration is required by 31 October 2024.
The organising committee
Tom Farmer (CMA)
Spyros Galanis (DUBS)
Fizza Jabbar (CMA)
Daniel Li (DUBS)
John Moffat (DUBS)
Jakob Schneebacher (CMA)