Centre for Competition Policy
High quality independent research into competition policy and regulation
Based at the University of East Anglia, the Centre for Competition Policy incorporates economic, legal, management, political science and sociological perspectives to produce inter-disciplinary research into competition policy and regulation that has real-world policy relevance, without compromising academic rigour.
Members include academic staff, researchers and PhD students drawn from the School of Economics, UEA Law School, Norwich Business School and the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies. All have a wide range of knowledge and interest within the field of competition policy and regulation, and maintain the centre’s founding belief that a properly regulated, competitive market can provide consumers with the products they want at the best possible prices. Read more
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CCP Annual Conference 2017
CCP 13th Annual Conference 2017
JUST MARKETS: DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC REGULATION
15-16 June 2017
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich
The next CCP Annual Conference will take place on the 15-16 June and this year will look at the distributional effects of competition and economic regulation within markets. Traditionally, the analysis of markets has focused on the total (efficiency) gains available from improving markets, with particular emphasis on making markets work well for consumers. This has brought with it a variety of complex and highly contested questions, such as:
- Should the focus be on average consumers or should consumers who may be vulnerable be given special consideration?
- If the playing field is to be leveled, should this be in terms of access to markets or their outcomes?
- How should distributional considerations influence the design of remedies?
- How far does the design of institutions to improve the functioning of markets affect the distribution of benefits?
- What empirical evidence is there of how opening new markets and particular interventions have benefited different groups?
- How have disruptive technologies changed, and how may they change, the distribution of benefits, and what interventions are appropriate?
To help delve deeper into these issues, this conference will explore and debate these topics and will bring together insights from legal, political science and economic perspectives on how these principles and evidence should inform competition and regulatory policy.
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- Eccp@uea.ac.uk
- T+44 (0)1603 593715
Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ
Twitter: @ccp_uea
