Peter Boberg is a vice president with Charles River Associates, based in Boston. He focuses on econometric work and economic modeling for antitrust cases and mergers. His experience at CRA has included the design and implementation of econometric models used in numerous large-scale merger analyses, particularly for markets involving differentiated products or discrete demand. Prior to joining CRA, Dr. Boberg taught at Michigan State University and at the University of Michigan, where he was a doctoral student. Dr. Boberg is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for research in Japan, and he has been a visiting research scholar at the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now known as the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry) and the University of Tokyo.
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On July 19, 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (collectively, the Agencies) released a draft revision of the US Merger Guidelines (draft 2023 Guidelines). The draft includes 13 guidelines describing how the Agencies propose to assess mergers for anticompetitive (...)
