DETAILED PROGRAM
DECEMBER 5, 2019
1:30PM - 2:00PM Registration
2:00PM - 2:15PM Welcome Remarks
2:15PM - 2:45PM Invited Lecture - Antitrust in the Attention Economy - Pedro Calmon Auditorium
Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim)
2:45PM - 4:30PM Contributed Sessions 1 and 2
Contributed Session 1 - Competition Analysis in Health Related Markets - Room 203
Host and Chair: Juan Ferres (Ferres Economia)
Vertical Integration in Health Care Markets: Evidence from Brazil
Tainá Leandro (ANS) and José Guilherme de Lara Resende (UNB)
Discussant: Eduardo Fiúza (IPEA)
Small firm policies in procurement: New evidence from drug procurement auctions in Brazil
Eduardo Fiúza (IPEA), Ulrich Laitenberger (Télécom ParisTech), Alexis Larousse (CREST/ENSAF) and Christine Zulehner (University of Vienna)
Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski (Télécom ParisTech)
Benefits of regulation vs. competition where inequality is high: The case of mobile telephony in South Africa
Lukasz Grzybowski (Télécom ParisTech) and Ryan Hawthorne (University of Cape Town)
Discussant: Tainá Leandro (ANS)
Contributed Session 2 - Cartel Analythical Tools - Pedro Calmon Auditorium
Host and Chair: Lucia Helena Salgado (UERJ)
Stability of Collusion and Vertical Differentiation
Georgios Petropoulos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Thanos Athanasopoulos (Montfort University) and Burak Dindaroglu (Izmir Institute of Technology)
Discussant: Matheus Ramalho (UFRJ)
Which cartel cases should be investigated and punished first? An analysis from the economic viewpoint
Lucas Campio Pinha (UFRRJ)
Discussant: Douglas Silveira (UFJF)
Ex-post evaluation of mean-variance cartel filters
Matheus Humberto Migliari Ramalho (UFRJ) and Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (UFRJ)
Discussant: Lucas Pinha (UFRRJ)
Cartel Screening in the Brazilian Fuel Retail Market
Douglas Silveira (UFJF), Silvinha Vasconcelos (UFJF), Paula Bogossian (CADE) and Joaquim Neto (UFJF).
Discussant: Georgios Petropoulos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
4:30PM - 5:00PM Coffee Break - Átrio Hall
5:00PM - 5:30PM Invited Lecture - Drums Beating From the Hills: the Global Rise against Big Tech - Pedro Calmon Auditorium
Cristina Cafarra (Charles River Association)
5:30PM - 7:00PM Roundtable 1 - What has been learned about competition in Digital Markets? - Pedro Calmon Auditorium
Participants: Ângelo Duarte (BCB), Patricia M. Sakowski (CADE) , Fabiana Tito (Tendências) , Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim), Cristina Cafarra (Charles River Association)
Session Chair: Paulo Furquim (INSPER)
DECEMBER 6, 2019
09:00AM - 10:45AM Contributed Sessions 3 and 4
Contributed Session 3 - Quantitative Analysis in Competition Policy - Room 203
Host and Chair: Bernardo Macedo (LCA Consultores)
The Anticompetitive Effect of Minority Share Acquisitions: Evidence from the Introduction of National Leniency Programs
Sven Heim (Mines ParisTech), Kai Hüschelrath (Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences), Ulrich Laitenberger (Telecom ParisTech), Yossi Spiegel (Coller School of Management) [Invited Paper]
Discussant: Leonardo Rezende (PUC-Rio)
Quantitative Methods and Mergers Effects in Competition Policy: the Brazilian Case
Camila C. Pires-Alves (UFRJ), Marcos Puccioni de Oliveira Lyra (UFRJ) and Marina Maria Gutierrez Bonfatti (UFRJ)
Discussant: João Paulo Resende (CADE)
Legal standards in antitrust investigations: cross-country comparisons
Yannis Katsoulakos (Athens U. Econ. Bus), Svetlana Avdasheva (Higher School of Economics) and Svetlana Golovanova (Higher School of Economics)
Discussant: Marcos Lyra (UFRJ)
Contributed Session 4 - Data Issues for Competition Policy - Room 102
Host and Chair: João Marcelo Assafim (UFRJ)
Data-Driven Mergers and New Antitrust Analysis: a Microsoft/LinkedIn Case Study
Giulia Barbosa Lima (UPE)
Discussant: Anna Binotto (USP)
Data Portability: lessons from other sectoral experiences
Paula Ponce (USP) and Anna Binotto (USP)
Discussant: Giulia Lima (UPE)
Rafael Pinho de Morais (UERJ) and Pedro Hemsley (UFRJ)
Discussant: César Mattos (SEAE/ME)
10:45AM - 11:00AM Coffee Break - Átrio Hall
11:00AM - 11:30AM Invited Lecture - Preventing Supplier Collusion, Corruption, and the Erosion of Civic Trust - Room 203
William Kovacic (GWU)
11:30AM - 1:00PM Roundtable 2 - Public Procurement Regulation and Competition Policy - Room 203
Participants: Ricardo Villas Boas Cueva (STJ), Lucas Freire (CADE) , Cesar Mattos (SEAE/ME), Mariana Iootty (WorldBank), William Kovacic (GWU)
Session Chair: Luiz Carlos Prado (UFRJ)
1:00PM - 2:30PM Lunch break
02:30PM - 04:15PM Contributed Sessions 5 and 6
Contributed Session 5 - Economic effects of Competition - Room 102
Host and Chair: João Luiz Pondé (UFRJ)
Contributed Session 6 - Legal and Economic analysis in Competition Policy - Room 203
Host and Chair: Maria Tereza Leopardi (UFRJ)
Acquirers as Competitors in the Credit Market
Pedro Hemsley (UFRJ)
Discussant: Sven Heim (Mines ParisTech)
Local Development Banks and Banking Competition
Kamaiaji Castor (UFRJ)
Discussant:Marianna Iooty (World Bank)
Productivity Growth in Romania: a firm level analysis
Marianna Iooty (World Bank), Jorge Pena (IE University Madrid) and Donato De Rosa (World Bank) [Invited Paper]
Discussant:Kamaiaji Castor (UFRJ)
Damage and Earned Benefits in Antitrust Sanctions: an Analysis of the International Experience
Luiza Kharmandayan (CADE) and João Carlos Nicolini de Morais (UNB)
Discussant: Lucas Colacino (LCA)
Piercing the Corporate Veil: possibilities in Brazilian Competition Law
Vinícius Marques de Carvalho (USP) and Marcela Mattiuzzo (USP)
Discussant:João Carlos Nicolini de Morais (UNB)
John M. Newman (University of Miami School of Law)
Discussant: Rafael Pinho (UERJ)
A step back in the discussion of the cartel's economics
Anna Olímpia (LCA), Bernardo Macedo (LCA) and Lucas Colacino (LCA)
Discussant: Vinícius Carvalho (USP)
4:15PM - 4:30PM Coffee Break - Átrio Hall
4:30PM - 5:00PM Invited Lecture - On measuring the quality of competition law institutions and enforcement- Room 203
Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens U. of Econ. and Bus.)
5:00PM - 6:30PM Roundtable 3 - Benchmarking Competition Policy - Room 203
Participants: Yannis Katsoulacos (Athens U. of Econ. and Bus.), William Kovacic (GWU), Luis Braido (Commissioner CADE), João Paulo Resende (CADE), Sílvia Almeida (IBRAC / LCA)
Session Chair: Camila C. Pires-Alves (UFRJ)
6:30PM - 6:45PM Closing Remarks