Competition Policy and Economic Growth: Is less more?
Date: 24 June 2013
Time: 09:30
Duration: 1 day
Location: Chatham House, London
Cost: £395 - £995
Organiser: Chatham House
Web Link: http://www.chathamhouse.org/competition2013?campaign=brusselslegal
Description:
This year’s annual Competition conference will examine the role of competition policy in the absence of growth.
As developed countries grapple with job creation and struggling economies, thsi event will examine the limits of and justifications for government intervention in the market and explore the economic costs and benefits of having world-class competition enforcement.
• To what extent is state aid economically justifiable?
• Should jobs and industrial policy trump competition?
• Do markets get it wrong?
• What are the challenges when applying competition policy for the new players on a world stage?
• Is traditional consumer welfare analysis suitable for emerging economies?
• The UK’s new regulatory regime: how will this fit in with government growth plans?
