Many of the problems raised by competition policy and market regulation gain from being addressed not only from an interdisciplinary perspective but also from an international one. Earlier this year, TILEC was active in setting up a European network of research institutions with a similar focus. The first event organized under the banner of the network took place in Bonn, Germany earlier this month. This workshop on the law and economics of competition policy was generously hosted by the Max-Planck Institute for research on collective goods. Researchers from the Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (ACLE), the Centre for Infocommunication Law at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Centre for Market and Public Organization (CMPO) at the University of Bristol, the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of
East Anglia and TILEC joined their Germany-based colleagues to discuss various aspects of competition policy, from procedural requirements in cartel cases to the influence of competition law enforcers' experience on decisions. A similar event, specifically designed to showcase the work of the network's young researchers, will be held in Norwich, UK next June, at the initiative of CCP.
