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.

If you are interested to participate, please register using the link below:

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)