Considerations relating to buyer power have taken on a central role in economic literature and policy discussions. The topic is a complex one, not only because economic theory offers diverse approaches and classifications to buyer power, but also because the intensity of policy debate does not (...)


Ariel Ezrachi
Ariel Ezrachi is the Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law at the University of Oxford and the Director of the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy. He routinely advises competition authorities, law firms, and multi-national firms on competition issues, and develops training and capacity building programmes in competition law and policy for the private and public sectors. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (OUP) and the author, co-author and editor of numerous books, including Virtual Competition – The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy (2016, Harvard) and EU Competition Law, An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases (5th ed, 2016, Hart).
Distinctions
Winner, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Concerted Practices
Nominee, 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust
Winner, 2017 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Cross-Border
Winner, 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Concerted Practices
Nominee, 2015 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Economics
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Much has been written about the rise of big data and its impact on competition law. This On-Topic seeks to illustrate the most relevant case practice developed by the European Commission in relation to data issues in the field of merger control law, within five specific relevant topics. The (...)
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This On-Topic discusses the development of algorithmic pricing and the issues it raises for competition law enforcers. Algorithmic pricing may facilitate tacit or express collusion and even generate new forms of collusion against which traditional tools of competition law enforcement must be (...)
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On 22 May 2017, the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy (“CCLP”) hosted a conference on “Online markets and offline welfare effects – The Internet, competition, society and democracy.” This collection gathers nine contributions from speakers of the event—outlining the key (...)
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La CNUCED a lancé une initiative sur les échanges d’informations entre autorités de concurrence dans le cadre de ses travaux sur le renforcement des capacités des autorités et la coopération internationale. Une nouvelle plateforme facilitera les échanges d’informations non confidentielles et permettra (...)
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Les récentes lignes directrices de la Commission européenne sur l’application de l’article 102 TFUE ainsi que de récentes décisions de la Commission ont introduit une nouvelle analyse fondée sur le effets des pratiques abusives. Cette évolution doit cependant encore être confirmée ou précisée par la (...)
Books

This second edition of the Digest is enriched with a selection of more than 50 essays on European competition cases from the 27 European Union Member States, EU law, and US law. Each essay (...)