Master Class with Mike Walker

Course description
This specialized and intensive one-and-a-half-day course concentrated on advanced issues in European competition law enforcement. The course covered the following topics:

Program

Thursday June 14: 9.00 am - 5.45 pm

Friday June 15: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm

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Targeted audience

The contents targeted at a specialized audience of economists, competition lawyers and policymakers interested in competition policy and its enforcement. The discussions included the broad theoretical framework to gain an understanding of the various types of conduct and their anti-competitive consequences, and presentation of facts and figures and some legal issues. The course was also a rich source of research ideas for PhD students in Economics and Law & Economics scholars.

Biography Mike Walker

Mike Walker, a Vice President at CRA International , is a leading expert on the economic aspects of competition policy, with more than fourteen years of consulting experience. His previous roles include being Director of Competition Policy at London Economics, a Senior Regulatory Economist with British Telecom and a Senior Associate at Lexecon Ltd. in London and Brussels. He is the co-author of The Economics of EU Competition Law (Sweet & Maxwell, second edition, 2002). He is the Visiting Professor of Competition Economics at Loughborough University, a Visiting Fellow at Kings College, London, and the Course Director for the Masters/Diploma in Competition Economics at Kings College, London.

Date

Thursday June 14 (full day) and Friday June 15 (morning) 2007.

Venue

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam.

The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world. The Hortus is located in the Plantage district on the edge of the hectic center of Amsterdam. Behind the 300-year-old gates, however, the bustle of the city seems to disappear.

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Fee

€700,-.