Master in Competition and Market Regulation

"A master that gives future competition professionals the microeconomic tools, the core knowledge of competition and regulation, and case studies is highly valuable. Antitrust authorities will certainly hire candidates with such profiles."

Prof. Anne Perrot (University of Paris)
Vice President, Conseil de la Concurrence

Alumni Outlook

Graduates of the Master in Competition and Market Regulation have gone on to take positions at economics consultancies specializing in advice and expert testimony in economics, finance, competition, and market regulation to corporations, law firms, and governments around the world. Some examples are:

Name	Description	Locations
	LECG provides independent expert testimony and analysis, original authoritative studies and strategic advisory services to clients including Fortune 500 corporations, major law firms, governments and agencies worldwide.	London Brussels Paris Milan Madrid
	RBB Economics offers professional, practical and expert economic advice on all aspects of European competition law.	London Rome Brussels The Hague
	The Brattle Group provides consulting and expert testimony in economics, finance, and regulation to corporations, law firms, and governments around the world.	Brussels London
	The Competition Commission is an independent public body which conducts in-depth inquiries into mergers, markets and the regulation of the major regulated industries.	London
	The mission of the Directorate General for Competition is to enforce the competition rules of the Community Treaties, in order to ensure that competition in the EU market is not distorted and that markets operate as efficiently as possible.	Brussels

The GSE and the Master faculty maintain and cultivate relationships with other private and public organizations that look to recruit talent fitting the profile of this Master's graduates. Some of these contacts are:

Frontier Economics (Brussels, London, Cologne, Madrid)
NERA Economic Consulting (Brussels, London, Rome, Madrid)
Office of Fair Trading (London)
Ofcom (London)
Conseil de la Concurrenc (Paris)
Swedish Competition Authority (Stockholm)
Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (Madrid)
National Competition Commission (Madrid)

A number of the Barcelona GSE's partner institutions in both the public and private sectors have offered graduates internships in their European offices. The availability of these positions varies by year, though the School makes every effort to inform students of new opportunities throughout the course.

comp2009 Competition Class of 2009 at the Barcelona GSE graduation ceremony at the Pedrera in July.

Related News

Consulting Day 2009

Frontier Economics, LECG, NEO Metrics, NERA Economic Consulting, and Oxera all sent representatives to meet potential candidates for consultant and analyst positions. Traveling for the day from other parts of Europe specifically to recruit GSE students, three of the five representatives were themselves alumni of the Barcelona GSE master programs.

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Alumni Career Paths

		Stéphane Dewulf '09 Consultant LECG (Brussels)
"My work focuses on using economic analysis to provide advice in competition policy cases. I have worked on abuse of dominance, merger, state aid and cartel cases before the European Commission and national competition authorities; covering a range of industries including banking, telecom, tobacco, airlines, satellite navigation, electrical distribution and steel industries."
		Annemiek Wilpshaar '09 Chief Economist's Team DG Competition European Commission
"I currently work in the Chief Economist team of DG Competition at the European Commission in Brussels. I am very much enjoying the job. On a daily basis, I develop arguments based on solid economic theory and I carry out analyses in relation to antitrust cases."
		Fabiana Tito '08 Assistant Economist UK Competition Commission
"I have had a variety of work experiences since graduation. Right after finishing the Master I began a three-month internship at LECG. My tasks were to help construct a huge dataset, collect information on that particular sector, assemble its main regulations, and perform some econometrics analysis in Stata. I also presented two topics at the weekly Friday Lunch Seminar, one about Demand Estimation using the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS model) and the other on price discrimination on the European Car Market. In October I joined RBB Economics Consultancy as an associate to assist two partners. I conducted research in literature and economic theory, and in doing so I came up with a good reference that we ended up implementing as our main argument on the project. Now I am working at the Competition Commission in London doing research work in merger guidelines."
		Andrea Commisso '08 Research Analyst LECG (Milan)
"My job is to support senior economists throughout the entire course of an antitrust case. My daily tasks include data analysis, literature reviews, and drafting parts of the final report that we will submit to the European Commission and other antitrust authorities."