Competition Policy and Innovation: Where do we stand?
With panel discussion on "Competition Policy in (the) Crisis?"
The Department of Economics of the University of Vienna organizes the 3rd Conference of the Research Network on Innovation and Competition Policy (RNIC), which is a cooperation of eight research institutes and universities in Europe (ZEW, WZB, and the Universities of KU Leuven, Maastricht, Mannheim, Toulouse I, Tübingen, and Vienna). It aims to bring together scholars from different disciplines, including economics, competition law, and management, to discuss current competitionpolicy matters. The network promotes a better understanding of the interplay between firms' innovative activities, competition, and the role of governmental intervention in national and international markets.
Topics of Interest
- Competition law and economics
- Efficiency in competition policy
- Impact of competition policy on innovation
- Intellectual property rights in competition policy
- US vs. EU antitrust law
- Institutional aspects of competition policy
- Political economy of antitrust
- Quantitative methods in antitrust
- Private vs. public antitrust enforcement
- Competition policy and state aid in the current crisis
Theoretical, empirical and policy oriented contributions are welcome.
Keynote Speakers
Joseph E. Harrington
Wharton University of Pennsylvania, United States and ZEW
Frank Verboven
Katholische Universität Leuven
Massimo Motta
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, ESP
Scientific Committee
Gerhard Clemenz
University of Vienna, Austria
Tomaso Duso
DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research)
Klaus Peter Gugler
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria and ZEW
Pierre Mohnen
MERIT, University of Maastricht
Martin Peitz
University of Mannheim, MaCCI and ZEW
Patrick Rey
Université Toulouse I
Konrad Stahl
University of Mannheim, MaCCI and ZEW
Hannes Ullrich
ZEW
Florian Wagner-von Papp
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg
Young and experienced researchers are equally invitedto submit a paper or an extended abstract to klaus.gugler@univie.ac.at
Submission deadline: July 31, 2009. Notifications on acceptance: not later than August 31, 2009. Participants presenting a paper are asked to submit a full text version not later than September 30, 2009.Registration deadline: September 30, 2009. For participants presenting a paper and/or acting as discussant the accommodation and travel expenseswill be covered (one speaker per paper). Information about the conferenceand accepted papers will be posted on http://www.univie.ac.at/RNIC.
Scientific Organisation
Gerhard Clemenz
University of Vienna, Austria
Klaus Peter Gugler
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria and ZEW
Date
30.10.2009 - 31.10.2009
Event Location
University Campus, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna; Aula – Hof 1
