The Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia was established in 2004, with a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to fund a 10-year research programme. The Centre undertakes interdisciplinary research into competition policy, including market regulation, which has real-world policy relevance without compromising academic rigour.

"Institutions and Competition Policy", 6th & 7th June 2013

Always at the heart of competition policy, institutions have come under increased scrutiny in recent years. New agencies have been created in transition states, while established authorities in Europe have undergone change and reform. Curiously, the growing consensus on the principles and practice of competition policy has not been accompanied by a convergence on organizational form or legal frameworks. Bringing together economists, historians, legal scholars and political scientists, academics and practitioners, this conference assesses the importance of institutional design, looks at the impact of institutions, and investigates processes of organizational and legal change. Click for the programme, speakers and booking online.

The Which? Big Switch survey

CCP is surveying 70,000 energy consumers who took part in last year's The Big Switch campaign, organised by Which?

Follow this link here to find out more.

CCP Blogs

Our Competition Policy blog carries posts by our academics on a wide range of current issues. The most recent post sees Mary Guy writing about Monitor's Advice to the OFT and the New Healthcare Regulation. To sign up for email updates click here

We also have a research blog where we post information about our events, publications and any other research news.

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CCP Working Paper Series

Centre members publish widely on all areas of competition policy. The working papers provide a showcase of current research. Download the latest, Collusion in Industrial Economics and Optimally Designed Leniency Programmes - A Survey by Panayiotis Agisilaou. For the full working paper series for 2013 click here

*Please note that our Working Paper series is not reflective of the full range of CCP research as some work will only appear as a published article.  

CCP Seminar Series

The next seminar in the CCP Spring Seminar Series will be on 17th May with Amelia Fletcher (CCP) presenting Economics and Law of Retail MFNs and Platform Parities: Early Thinking. It will take place in **TPSC 0.1**- Full list of seminars for the semester