The shape of the competitive landscape in the market for artificial intelligence (AI) is not only important for how AI will affect industries but also for the generation and use of data. In this 90-minute seminar, three distinguished experts will discuss this topic and share recent academic and professional insights, followed by a general discussion. The speakers are Joshua Gans (University of Toronto), Sven-Olof Fridolfsson (French Competition Authority), and Pierre Azoulay (MIT).

The question whether ecosystems, often created by large platforms, can lead to market dominance and hamper competitive forces is highly debated recently. In this seminar, three distinguished experts will discuss this topic and share recent academic and professional insights, followed by a general discussion. The speakers are Katie Curry (RBB Economics), Luis Cabral (New York University), and Reinhold Kesler (University of Zurich).

The distinction between structural and behavioural remedies and the best intervention is a topic of utmost importance in merger control. In this seminar, three distinguished experts will discuss this topic and share recent academic and professional insights, followed by a general discussion. The speakers are Adam Land (Competition and Markets Authority), Simon Loertscher (University of Melbourne), and Eric Emch (Bates White).

There is a recent debate about whether the effects of firms’ monopsony power on workers in the labor market should be an area of interest for competition policy. In this seminar, three distinguished experts on the topic will discuss recent academic insights and share their professional experience on the topic, followed by a general discussion. The speakers are Alan Manning (London School of Economics), Cristina Volpin (OECD), and Kyle Herkenhoff (University of Minnesota). 

There is a debate about whether markups are increasing and if so, what this implies about the competitiveness of markets and competition policy. In this seminar, three distinguished experts will discuss recent academic insights and their professional experience on the topic, followed by a general discussion. The three speakers are Jan de Loecker (KU Leuven), Hans Zenger (European Commission), and Ali Yurukoglu (Stanford University).

The question how horizontal mergers affect innovation is very important in antitrust economics. It is also heavily discussed in several recent high-profit cases (e.g., the Dow-DuPont merger). In this seminar, three distinguished experts on the topic discuss recent academic insights and the professional experience on the topic. The three speakers are Monika Schnitzer (University of Munich), Bruno Jullien (Toulouse School of Economics), and David Foster (Frontier Economics).