Archive for February 19th, 2010
News from the Front
Monday’s Concurrences conference at the national Parliament in Paris was great, just great. With this event and the ongoing OECD gathering, Paris this week was clearly the world’s antitrust law capital. I was particularly impressed by the speeches of J. Padilla (on behavioral economics) and B. Kovacic (on the assessment of agencies’ performance).
I wish to congratulate here Nicolas Charbit, Prof. Laurence Idot and Frederic Jenny who have made a great job organizing this event. I never went to Fordham’s Annual antitrust gathering, but from what I hear, the Concurrences event – which will take place on a yearly basis – is likely to be a strong contender in the coming years.
On a related issue: straight after J. Almunia’s first speech as the new Commissioner for competition, James Kanter from the International Herald Tribune asked me what my impressions were. See here for more.
I have been away for a few days. Regular posting activity on this blog will resume early next week.
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