DICE Competition Policy Conference 2024
The Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) is pleased to announce the inaugural DICE Competition Policy Conference 2024 (CPC), taking place from December 6 to 7 at the Haus der Universität in Düsseldorf, Germany. The CPC is set to become an annual event that brings together renowned experts in competition economics and law from international universities, competition authorities, and institutions. The conference fosters networking and dialogue, encouraging robust exchange among academics, practitioners, and policymakers.
The conference opens a day early, on December 5, for speakers and discussants with an informal get-together in the evening. The full conference program begins on December 6 with an opening keynote lecture by Massimo Motta. Over the next two days, participants will engage in eight presentations on current issues in competition policy. The event concludes on December 7 with a final keynote by Florian Ederer.
The CPC 2024 Keynote Speakers
The CPC 2024 Roundtables Guests
Marcell Göttert (Austrian Federal Competition Authority, representing Natalie Harsdorf)
Rupprecht Podszun (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and German Monopolies Commission)
Registration and Welcome
8:30 - 9:00
Keynote I: Economic Principles for the Enforcement of Abuse of Dominance
Presentation I: Demand Steering Through the Smokescreen of Stockouts: Evidence From Cigarette Vending Machines
Presentation II: Existence, Antecedents and Consequences of Non-Compliance in Mobile App Markets
Presentation III: Discrimination against Multi-Stop Shoppers, with an Application to Multi-Clouding
Presentation IV: Circularity and Competition
Presentation V: The Cost of the Cold-Start Problem on Airbnb
16:15 - 17:15
by Regina Seibel (University of Toronto)
Discussant: Daniil Larionov (University of Münster)
Presentation VI: Chain Formation and Consumer Welfare on the Retail Pharmacy Market
17:30 – 18:30
by Biliana Yontcheva (University of Hamburg)
Discussant: Kai Fischer (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Roundtable Discussion: The More Economic Approach - A Dead End?
Presentation VII: Third-Party Pricing Algorithms and Market Competition
09:00 – 10:00
by Joseph Harrington (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant: Martin Watzinger (University of Münster)
Chair: Hans-Theo Normann (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Presentation VIII: Firm Productivity and Derived Factor Demand Under Variable Markups
Keynote II: Common Threads from Common Ownership
11:30 - 12:45
by Florian Ederer (Boston University)
Chair: Justus Haucap (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Roundtable
Presentations
Filippo Biondi (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Stefan Bühler (University of St. Gallen)
Joseph Harrington (University of Pennsylvania)
Reinhold Kesler (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Jeanine Miklós-Thal (University of Rochester)
Helena Peronne (University of Mannheim)
Hendrik Döpper (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Kai Fischer (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Jana Gieselmann (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Daniil Larionov (University of Münster)
Anna Ressi (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management)