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Competition and Market Regulation Program

"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

 

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Andres Blancas '08
Economic Advisor, Expert Team on Regulatory Reform

Mexican Ministry of the Economy-OECD

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“Strengthening of Economic Competition and Regulatory Improvement for Competitiveness in Mexico," a joint initiative of the Mexican Ministry of the Economy and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 

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Stéphane Dewulf '09
Consultant

LECG (Brussels)

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"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."

 

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Jake Morris '09

Associate

RBB Economics

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"I am currently working on a merger in the pharmaceutical industry between two of the largest global players. It basically involves defining relevant markets and determining how much market power would be held by the combined entity in each of them following the merger. This allows us to identify those markets that are likely to cause competition concerns, with the next step being to take a closer look at the validity of those concerns per market. As the analysis covers a broad spectrum of markets across a large number of countries, it is a highly data intensive project with a relatively long duration. A particular challenge here is being able to coordinate to collect sufficient data on a global scale and build up a reliable database as the foundation for further analysis." Eye on Alumni Feature

 

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Fabiana Tito '08

Assistant Economist

UK Competition Commission

Competition Commission UK

 

"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."

 

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Chief Economist's Team
DG Competition
European Commission
DG Competition

 

"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."

 

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Recruiters and employers of program graduates include:

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Description

 Locations

brattlegroup

The Brattle Group provides consulting and expert testimony in economics, finance, and regulation to corporations, law firms, and governments around the world.

 

 

Brussels

London

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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
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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

lecg

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.
 
 

Brussels

London

Madrid

Milan

Paris

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RBB Economics offers professional, practical and expert economic advice on all aspects of European competition law.

 

 

Brussels

The Hague

London

Rome

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.

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Competition and Market Regulation

Career Outlook Report
Competition and Market Regulation 

Top Industries:

International economic consultancies

Select Employers:

The Brattle Group
LECG

McKinsey

Competition commissions

European Commission

UK Competition Commission

Research institutes
FEDEA

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