Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2009

The 2009 conference was held at Merton College, Oxford, in partnership with the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy, City University, London. Presentations are available where possible. Programme

 

 

Implications of the EU Pharmaceuticals Inquiry:

Chair: John Pheasant, Hogan & Hartson

'Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry: Final Report' - Philipp Gasparon, DG Competition, Pharma Task Force

'Implications of the EU Pharmaceuticals Inquiry' (paper) - Dr John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton

'Implications of the EU Pharmaceuticals Inquiry: A Few Issues' (slides) - Prof Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics

 

What are the nature and characteristics of successful retail competition in the network industries?:

Chair: Dr Nigel Evans, Regulatory Policy Institute

'Retail electricity competition' (slides) - Prof Stephen Littlechild, Judge Business School

'Price differences and retail energy competition' (slides) - Prof Catherine Waddams, UEA

'What next for retail competition in energy?' (slides) - Philip Davies, Centrica

 

Government in Markets:

Chair: Prof George Yarrow, Regulatory Policy Institute

'Government in Markets' (link to OFT website) - John Fingleton, Office of Fair Trading

 

Competition in the UK airports market: what next?:

Chair: Dr Chris Decker, Regulatory Policy Institute

'Competition between airports: what next?' (slides) - Nick Fincham, Civil Aviation Authority

'Thoughts on airport regulation' (slides) - Kyran Hanks, WWA

'Airports: is sector regulation now obsolete?' (slides) - David Starkie, Case Associates

 

Use and misuse of economics in competition law and regulatory policy:

Chair: Prof John Pickering

'The ongoing role of economics in U.S. Antitrust Law' (paper) - Thomas B. Leary, Hogan & Hartson

Prof George Yarrow, Regulatory Policy Institute

 

Energy Security of Supply: implications for and interactions with market liberalization, environmental policy and infrastructure investment:

Chair: David Gray, Regulatory Policy Institute

'Can the GB gas and electricity markets deliver security of supply?' (slides) - Andrew Wright, Ofgem

'Energy security of supply: implications for and interactions with market liberalization, environmental policy and infrastructure investment' - Enese Lieb-Doczy, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

'Competitive, sustainable and secure energy: how markets deliver' (slides) - Paul Dawson, RWE Supply & Trading

Dr Alan Riley , City University