Markets and regulations set the rules for how firms interact with consumers in virtually all sectors of the economy. Are markets performing as expected? How could their design be improved? What happens to markets in the presence of disruptive technologies, or business models, or regulations?

To address these issues, our researchers have gained detailed knowledge of key industries that they can analyze in detail. Theoretical models can help us understand how market rules and regulations are impacting important metrics of market performance, such as prices, competition, or quality. These theoretical models can also bring insights on ways in which such markets could be improved. Empirical tools can be developed to test these theoretical predictions and quantitatively explore the impact of alternative rules.

Key areas covered are:-

  • IO Theory: game theory, incentive theory, dynamic models, political economy
  • Competition, merger policy, anti-trust
  • The Economics of Regulation
  • Market Design and Auctions
  • Network Industries: competition and regulation
  • Dynamics of Industry: evolution, entry and exit
  • Information Externalities, Coordination Problems, Investment and R&D
  • The Interface between IO and Finance: market structure and financial structure

Annual Symposium  

This conference series aims to contribute to an analytical understanding of the issues raised by competition, innovation, and investment, develop empirical protocols and tests of economic models, promote the exchange and the dissemination of results at the forefront of research, and finally, evaluate current competition and regulation policies. It will cover the state of the art in applied and empirical industrial organization.

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Event Series

CEPR Annual Applied Industrial Organisation Conference

This conference series aims to contribute to an analytical understanding of the issues raised by competition, innovation, and investment, develop empirical protocols and tests of economic models, promote the exchange and the dissemination of results at the forefront of research, and finally, evaluate current competition and regulation policies.

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  • Competition Policy
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  • Industrial organisation
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  • Productivity and Innovation

Webinar Series  

The CEPR Virtual IO Seminar (VIOS) was created to provide an alternative to IO seminars cancelled due to travel restrictions brought on by the Coronavirus. The long-run goal, however, is to turn it into a permanent platform for sharing the benefits of regular IO seminars.

Programme Directors

Pierre Dubois

Senior Member Institut Universitaire de France; Professor of Economics Toulouse School Of Economics

Research Fellows

Daron Acemoglu

Institute Professor in the Department of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Heski Bar-Isaac

Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance University Of Toronto

Özlem Bedre Defolie

Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure) European School of Management and Technology; Affiliated Associate Professor University Of Bergen

Dirk Bergemann

Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics Yale University

Alessandro Bonatti

John Norris Maguire (1960) Professor of Applied Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Jan Boone

Professor of Industrial Economics Tilburg University

Luis Cabral

Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics and International Business New York University

Julia Cagé

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics Sciences Po Paris University

Emilio Calvano

Associate Faculty Toulouse School Of Economics; Professor of Economics University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Giacomo Calzolari

Professor of Economics European University Institute; Professor of Economics, EUI Florence Fondazione Bologna University Business School

Jeffrey Campbell

Consultant Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Professor of Macroeconometrics Tilburg University; Francis D. Rasmus and Jerome A. Castellini Professor of Economics University Of Notre Dame

Estelle Cantillon

FNRS Research Director ECARES, Université Libre De Bruxelles

Fellow, Industrial Organization / Fellow, Organizational Economics / RPN Member, Climate Change

Philippe Choné

Professor of Economics Center for Research in Economics and Statistics

Sofronis Clerides

Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management University Of Cyprus

Jan De loecker

Full Professor - Research Professor Full Professor - Research Professor Professor Ku Leuven; Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University

Fellow, Industrial Organization / Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / RPN Member, Competition Policy

Aureo de Paula

Faculty Member Sao Paulo School of Economics; Professor University College London

Mathias Dewatripont

Co-Director of I3h Institute and ECARES (Solvay Brussels School); Professor of Economics and Researcher Universite Libre De Bruxelles

Ulrich Doraszelski

Joseph J. Aresty Professor and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy University Of Pennsylvania

Pierre Dubois

Senior Member Institut Universitaire de France; Professor of Economics Toulouse School Of Economics

Tomaso Duso

Head of the department Firms and Markets Deutsches Institut Für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin); Professor of Empirical Industrial Economics Technical University Of Berlin

Alon Eizenberg

Associate Professor of Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rosa Ferrer

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business Pompeu Fabra University

Richard Friberg

Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

William Fuchs

Distinguished Researcher Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid; Professor and Spurgeon Bell Centennial Fellow University Of Texas At Austin

Neil Gandal

The Henry Kaufman Chair Professor in International Capital Markets and Full Professor at the Berglas School of Economics Tel Aviv University

Juanita González-Uribe

Associate Professor in Finance Assistant Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science

Gautam Gowrisankaran

Professor of Economics (with tenure) in the Department of Economics Columbia University

Kathryn Graddy

Dean, Brandeis International Business School and the Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor of Economics Brandeis University

Rachel Griffith

Research Director Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Professor, Department of Economics University Of Manchester

Paul Grout

Professor of Political Economy University Of Bristol

Jordi Gual

Chairman Caixa Bank; Professor of Economics IESE Business School, Barcelona

Dietmar Harhoff

Director at the Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Honorary Professor Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU); Managing Director Max Planck Institute For Innovation And Competition

Paul Heidhues

Professor of Behavioral and Competition Economics Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

Kate Ho

John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy Princeton University

Henrik Horn

Senior Research Fellow Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Roman Inderst

Professor of Finance and Economics Goethe University Frankfurt

Marc Ivaldi

Research Director School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS); Professor of Economics and Research Faculty Toulouse School Of Economics

Emir Kamenica

Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business University Of Chicago

Heiko Karle

Associate Professor of Microeconomics Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management

Michael Koenig

Research Fellow Tinbergen Institute; Associate Professor in the Department of Spatial Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Kai-Uwe Kühn

Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the Center for Competition Policy University Of East Anglia

Margaret Kyle

Professor of Economics and Chair in Markets for Technology and Intellectual Property Mines ParisTech

Saul Lach

Full Professor at the Department of Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Francine Lafontaine

William Davidson Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy Professor of Economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Laurent Lamy

Research Fellow CIRED International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution

Gerard Llobet

Tenured Associate Professor Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)

Rocco Macchiavello

Associate Professor of Management London School Of Economics And Political Science

David Martimort

Research Director at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Leslie Martin

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics University Of Melbourne

Ralf Martin

Associate Professor of Economics Imperial College London Business School

Eugenio Miravete

Rex G. Baker Jr., Professor of Political Economy University Of Texas At Austin

Ameet Morjaria

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences Kellogg School Of Management, Northwestern University

Massimo Motta

Research Professor ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics

Damien Neven

Professor of International Economics Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)

David Newbery

Emeritus Professor and Director of The Energy Policy Research Group University Of Cambridge

Volker Nocke

Vice Chancellor's Fellow Professor of Economics University Of Mannheim

Nina Pavcnik

Professor of Economics and Niehaus Family Professor of International Studies Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Martin Peitz

Director Mannheim Centre For Competition And Innovation (MaCCI); Professor of Economics University Of Mannheim

Fellow, Industrial Organization / Fellow, Organizational Economics / RPN Member, Competition Policy

Andrea Pozzi

Associate professor Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

Andrea Prat

Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business and Professor of Economics Columbia University

Mar Reguant

Research Fellow Barcelona School Of Economics; Vice President, Climate Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor Northwestern University

Fellow, Industrial Organization / RPN Member, Climate Change / RPN Member, Competition Policy / CEPR Vice President

Markus Reisinger

Professor for Industrial Organization and Microeconomics Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management

Andrew Rhodes

Director of the M2 Programme 'Economics of Markets and Organisations' and Professor of Economics Toulouse School Of Economics

Jean Charles Rochet

Research Director at Institut D’Économie Industrielle Toulouse 1 Capitole University; Professor of Economics Toulouse School Of Economics

Thomas Rønde

Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Copenhagen Business School

Mark Schankerman

Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Pasquale Schiraldi

Lecturer in the Department of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Fabiano Schivardi

Research fellow Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF); Professor of Economics Luiss Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies

Monika Schnitzer

Full Professor in the Department of Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Katja Seim

Sharon Oster Professor of Economics and Management Yale University

Sandro Shelegia

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business Pompeu Fabra University

Georges Siotis

Associate Professor, Department of Economics Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid

Giancarlo Spagnolo

Fellow Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF); Professor of Economics, SITE Stockholm School Of Economics; Professor of Economics University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Yossi Spiegel

Full Professor at the faculty of Management Tel Aviv University

Ran Spiegler

Professor of Economics Tel Aviv University; Professor of Economics University College London

Frode Steen

Professor in Economics and Holder of Norgesgruppen’s Chair in Competition Economics on Food Markets Norwegian School Of Economics (NHH)

Andrew Sweeting

Professor and the Chair of the Department of Economics University Of Maryland

Steve Tadelis

Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy University Of California, Berkeley

Catherine Thomas

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Otto Toivanen

Professor Aalto University School of Business; Academic Director Helsinki Graduate School of Economics

Manuel Trajtenberg

Research Associate National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Professor Emeritus of Economics Tel Aviv University

Tommaso Valletti

Professor of Economics Imperial College London Business School; Professor of Economics University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

John Van Reenen

Director of the Programme on Innovation and Productivity and Ronald Coase School Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science; Digital Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Reinhilde Veugelers

Senior Fellow Bruegel; Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation Ku Leuven; Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Xavier Vives

Professor of Economics and Finance, Abertis Chair of Regulation, Competition and Public Policy and Academic Director of the Public-Private Sector Research Center IESE Business School, Barcelona

Lucy White

Associate Professor of Finance, Questrom School of Business Boston University

Matthijs Wildenbeest

Professor of Economics Indiana University; Professor of Economics University of Arizona

Luigi Zingales

Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and George G. Rinder Faculty Fellow University Of Chicago

Research Affiliates

José Azar

Research Associate, IESE Business School; Assistant professor of Economics University of Navarra

Matthew Backus

Assistant Professor at the Haas School of Business and Department of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Daniel Ershov

Assistant Professor at the UCL School of Management University College London; Associate Researcher University of Toulouse

Ying Fan

Faculty Research Fellow National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Associate Professor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Basile Grassi

Assistant Professor Bocconi University; Affiliate Bocconi University, IGIER

Sven Heim

Associate Professor Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW); Associate Professor Mines ParisTech

Laura Lasio

Scientific Officer, Digital Markets Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Glenn Magerman

Associate Professor of Economics ECARES, Université Libre De Bruxelles

Eeva Mauring

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics University Of Bergen; Research Affiliate University Of Vienna

Helena Perrone

Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics University Of Mannheim

Huan Tang

Assistant Professor of Finance London School Of Economics And Political Science

Emanuele Tarantino

Research Affiliate Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF); Professor of Economics and Finance Luiss Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies; Professor of Economics and Finance University Of Mannheim

Biliana Yontcheva

Assistant Professor of Industrial Economics and Competition Policy Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

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