In collaboration with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Department of Economics at City, University of London, is hosting the Workshop on Competition and Regulation in Digital Markets. The workshop will take place at City, University of London on June 8-9, 2023. It will bring together academics, policy makers and industry practitioners to share their perspectives on a broad range of topics related to competition on and regulation of digital markets.
The financial support from Research England supplementary quality-related research scheme is gratefully acknowledged.
Location: Room TLG11, the City Law School, Sebastian St, London EC1V 7HD
Thursday, 8 June 2023
9:30-9:45 Welcome address by Xeni Dassiou
Session 1: Algorithms
9:45-10:30 David Dorrell (CMA)
Algorithms: How they can reduce competition and harm consumers
Discussant: Daniel Ershov (UCL)
10:30-11:15 Ksenia Shakhgildyan (Bocconi University)
Artificial Intelligence & Data Obfuscation: Algorithmic Competition in Digital Ad Auctions (with F. Decarolis, G. Rovigatti and M. Rovigatti)
Discussant: David Jevons (Oxera)
11:15-11:45 Coffee break
Panel discussion
11:45-13:00 Measuring innovation in digital markets and the impact of regulation
Moderator: Xeni Dassiou (City, University of London)
Panelists: Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Jenny Haydock (CMA), Oliver Latham (CRA), David Matthew (Nera), Geoffrey Myers (LSE)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 2: Digital advertising
14:00-14:45 Chris Jenkins (DMU)
Digital advertising and the DMU
Discussant: Arina Nikandrova (City, University of London)
14:45-15:30 Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)
Attention Spillovers from News to Ads: Evidence from an Eye-Tracking Experiment (with A. Simonov and A. Veiga)
Discussant: Johan Keetelaar (Oxera)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
Session 3: Regulatory interactions
16:00-16:45 Rossella Argenziano (University of Essex)
Data Linkages and Privacy Regulation (with A. Bonatti)
Discussant: Alex Waddington (CMA)
16:45-17:30 Andrea Galeotti (London Business School)
Market segmentation through information (with M. Elliott, A. Koh and W. Li)
Discussant: Jenny Haydock (CMA)
Friday, 9 June 2023
Session 4: Behavioural insights for market regulation
9:30-10:15 Amelia Fletcher (University of East Anglia)
The Role of Behavioural Economics on Competition Policy
Discussant: Nicolas de Roos (University of Liverpool)
10:15-11:00 Xiaogang Che (City, University of London)
Game Changers: Empirical Evidence of Tesla Model 3 Unveiling Announcement (with T. Li)
Discussant: Laura Smart (CMA)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
Session 5: Pushing the capability frontier
11:30-12:15 Stefan Hunt (Keystone Strategy)
Dealing with Digital Markets Effectively: Going Beyond Law and Economics
Discussant: Nicola Mazzarotto (KPMG)
12:15-13:00 Cristina Caffarra (Keystone Strategy)
Experiments in Digital Regulation: Substantive Economic Issues in DMCC vs DMA
Discussant: Mike Walker (CMA)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 6: Ecosystems
14:00-14:45 Tania Van den Brande (Ofcom)
Cloud market study
Discussant: Maris Goldmanis (Royal Holloway, University of London)
14:45-15:30 Greg Taylor (Oxford University)
Anticompetitive Bundling When Buyers Compete (with A. de Cornière )
Discussant: Adrian Majumdar (RBB)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:45 Adam Cellan-Jones (CMA)
Mobile ecosystems market study
Discussant: Xeni Dassiou (City, University of London)
16:45-17:30 Arina Nikandrova (City, University of London)
Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? (with C. C Herresthal and T. Mayskaya)
Discussant: Stephen Lewis (RBB)