Competition Law and Economics European Network (CLEEN) 2022

Venue: UEA campus in Norwich (Julian Study Centre, Floor 2 Room .03)

Time allocation: Total time per paper is 30 min of which are 15 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussant, 5 minutes for Q&A

Thursday, 23 June 2022

09:30-10:00 Coffee

10:00-10:15 Welcome

10:15-11:15 Keynote, Prof Kai-Uwe Kühn, (UEA & CCP), ‘The Role of Economics in Interpreting Legal Terms: Standards of Proof in a New Regulatory Environment’

11:15-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:30 Session 1

• Vellah Kedogo Kigwiru [online] (TUM & Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition), COMESA Competition Commission Agenda Setting Power in COMESA and COMESA Member State's Competition Policy Legislative Processes. Discussant: Katie Cseres [online] (University of Amsterdam)
• Tommaso Gasparini [online] (CDSE, University of Mannheim & MaCCI) Imperfect Bank Competition and the Propagation of Risk Shocks. Discussant: Andrea Calef (UEA & CCP)
• Atle Haugen (NHH Norwegian School of Economics), Cross-licensing and competition in digital markets. Discussant: Franco Mariuzzo (UEA & CCP)
• Philip Hanspach (EUI), Internet infrastructure and competition in digital markets. Discussant: Sean Ennis (UEA & CCP)

13:30-14:45 Lunch break

14:45-16:45 Session 2

• Anush Ganesh (UEA & CCP), Cross-subsidization by dominant digital market firms: Predatory pricing or innovative business strategies? Discussant: Sebastian Peyer (UEA & CCP)
• Carl-Christian Groh (University of Mannheim & MaCCI), Competitive Price Discrimination, Imperfect Information, and Consumer Search. Discussant: Bruce Lyons (UEA & CCP)
• Chayanin Wipusanawan (TILEC & CentER), Essentiality Checks for Standard Essential Patents and Incentives to Innovate. Discussant: Wynne Lam (UEA & CCP)
• Vasudha Wattal (University of Manchester & CCP), Access to new pharmaceuticals in India. Discussant: Morten Hviid [online] (UEA & CCP)

Evening 19:00 Conference dinner:

Friday, 24 June 2022

09:30-10:00 Coffee

10:00-11:30 Session 3

• Janithe Siriwardana (UEA & CCP), Merger review using online experiments. Discussant: Franco Mariuzzo (UEA & CCP)
• Yann Delaprez [online] (EUI), Divestiture and Price Coordination. Discussant: Peter Ormosi (UEA & CCP)

11:30-11:45 Coffee break

11:45-13:15 Session 4

• Can Atik [online] (Tilburg University & TILEC), The Role of EU Competition Law to Address Data Access Problems in the Emerging Digital Agriculture Sector: Abuse of Dominance and Beyond. Discussant: Elias Deutscher (UEA & CCP)
• Michela Bonani [online] (Tilburg University & TILEC), Uniform vs Competing Standards: A Structural Analysis of the U.S. Wireless Telecommunications Industry. Discussant: Bernhard Ganglmair [online] (ZEW & MaCCI)
• Tjaša Petročnik [online] (Tilburg University & TILEC), Big tech and public policy: transgressing the boundaries of EU competition law?” Discussant: Andreas Stephan (UEA & CCP)
• Bastian Krieger [online] (University of Luxembourg, ZEW Mannheim & MaCCI), Trade in Innovation Services and Firm Innovation. Discussant: Farasat Bokhari (UEA & CCP)

13:15-13:30 Concluding remarks and Lunch