Occasional papers

As well as the evaluation and analysis of past inquiries, the CC maintains a set of academic material relevant to its work, and matters of practical interest to antitrust practitioners. 

Academic working papers

• Cost of equity for regulated companies: an international comparison of regulatory practices, by Professor Sudi Sudarsanam (November 2011) (PDF, 589 Kb)  
• Estimating the 'co-ordinated effects' of mergers, by Peter J Davis and Cristian Huse (January 2010) (PDF, 670 Kb)  
• Price-concentration analysis in merger cases with differentiated products, by Walter Beckert and Nicola Mazzarotto (December 2006) (PDF, 271 Kb)  
• Co-ordinated effects merger simulation with linear demands, by Peter J Davis (April 2006) (PDF, 465 Kb)  
• Bidding markets, by Paul Klemperer (June 2005) (PDF, 328 Kb) 

Topics in competition policy

This series of papers discusses matters of practical interest to antitrust practitioners, considering issues that frequently arise in CC investigations.

• On the use of counterfactuals in merger inquiries, by Peter J Davis and Adam Cooper (May 2010) (PDF, 362 Kb)  
• Review of stated preference and willingness to pay methods, report by Accent and RAND Europe, commissioned by the Competition Commission (April 2010) (PDF, 738 Kb)  
• Stock market event studies and Competition Commsission inquiries, by Lucy Beverley (August 2007) (PDF, 624 Kb)  
• Estimating the price sensitivity of long distance coach passengers in Scotland, by Steve Brown (November 2007) (PDF, 212 Kb)  
• Diversion ahead! Approximating diversion ratios for retail chain mergers, by Chris Walters (November 2007) (PDF, 272 Kb)  
• Review of methodologies in transport inquiries, by Kate Collyer, Anthony Felet and Tom Kitchen (May 2007) (PDF, 121 Kb)  
• The relevance of surveys to the relevant market, by Graeme Reynolds and Chris Walters (January 2007) (PDF, 221 Kb)  
• Essays on competition policy, by Paul Geroski (August 2006) (PDF, 481 Kb) 

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