
IV Rio International Workshop on Advances in Competition Policy Analysis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November and 01 December 2026
Presentation
The Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) and the Research Group in Law, Economics and Competition of the Institute of Economics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (GDEC/IE/UFRJ) are organizing the IV Rio International Workshop on Advances in Competition Policy Analysis. The goal of the workshop is to bring together academics, policy makers and other practitioners specializing in the area of competition economics and policy to discuss the recent advances in the area.
CRESSE is an international network of academics and professionals, practicing in Competition or Regulatory Authorities, Consultancies and Legal Practices, with an interest in Competition Policy and Sectoral Regulation. In addition to the annual Annual Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference and Lawyers Week, CRESSE has organized and contributed to similar events in different countries.
GDEC is a research group on competition, law and economics and regulation, at the Institute of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The Institute of Economics is one of the leading centers for economic research and has a distinguished graduate program in economics in Brazil.
The Workshop will be held in English.
For further information, please contact us: gdec@ie.ufrj.br
Call for Papers
The IV Rio International Workshop on Advances on Competition Policy welcomes submissions of theoretical and applied papers on competition policy and regulation.
Participants should submit either a extended abstract of no less than 700 words and no more than 1000 words or a full paper, written in English.
Submissions will be considered if submitted between 01 June and 16 August.
Acceptance will be announced by 13 September. Papers will be evaluated based on their contribution to the literature.
Presenters are required to submit the full paper by 19 November.
To submit, please click here.
Important Dates
01 June - Call for Papers (opening)
16 August - Call for Papers (deadline)
13 September - Selected Papers Announcement
19 November - Deadline for full paper submission (for approved presenters)
19 - November - Deadline for registration (presenters)
26 November - Deadline for registration (other participants)
30 November and 01 December - Workshop
Registration
Registration will be open after the call for papers
Deadline for registration (paper presenters): 19 November
Deadline for registration (other participants): 26 November
Academics and Professionals - 600 BRL (until 19 November) - 650 BRL (after 19 November)
Graduate Students* - 120 BRL (until 19 November) - 130 BRL (after 19 November)
Undergraduate Students* - 50 BRL (until 19 November) - 55 BRL (after 19 November)
* Graduate and Undergraduate Students: please send status proof to gdec@ie.ufrj.br after registering. Limited spaces available.
Organizers
Coordinators
Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (GDEC/UFRJ)
Yannis Katsoulacos (CRESSE/Athens University of Economics and Business)
Local Organizing Committee
Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro (GDEC/UFRJ)
João Luiz Pondé (GDEC/UFRJ)
Luiz Carlos Delorme Prado (GDEC/UFRJ)
Marcos Puccioni de Oliveira Lyra (GDEC/UFF)
Scientific Committee
Beatriz Kira - University of Sussex
Camila Cabral Pires Alves – CADE/UFRJ
Cláudio Lucinda – USP
Diogo Coutinho - USP
Douglas Silveira - U Alberta
Ioannis Kokkoris – Queen Mary University of London
Liberty Mncube - U Witwatersrand
Maria Tereza Leopardi - UFRJ
Nicolo Zingales - FGV
Paulo Furquim - Insper
Svetlana Golovanova - HSE
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