The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth invites original research papers to be presented at the Sixth Annual Conference on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy at Northwestern University School of Law Sept. 20-21, 2013 (9:00 a.m. Fri., Sept. 20 to 12:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 21). The conference is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization at Northwestern University. The call for papers is here. The deadline for proposals is May 13, 2013.
The goal of this conference is to provide a forum where leading scholars from across the country can gather together with Northwesterns own distinguished faculty to present and discuss high quality research relevant to antitrust economics and competition policy. Both theoretical and empirical submissions are welcome. Papers in industrial organization or applied microeconomic theory that address issues relevant to antitrust policy are welcome even if they do not directly focus on particular antitrust policy issues or institutions. While papers on all topics are welcome, we especially encourage submissions related to the following topic areas:
- open vs. closed platforms
- standard essential patents
- vertical contracting and vertical integration
- cloud computing
- antitrust and copyright
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