International Conference : Capture, Collusion and Corruption in Regulated Network Industries

Antonio Estache is organizing an international Conference on "Capture, Collusion and Corruption in Regulated Network Industries" in Brussels, October 15 and 16, 2009.

Here is the program:

Thursday, October 15, 2009
 
13.15-13.45       Welcoming coffee for  participants
 
13. 45-14.00   Opening remarks: Antonio Estache, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
 
14.00-14.30     Capture risks and their solutions in theory: a survey
                          Liam Wren-Lewis, Oxford University
 
14.30-15.15     Discretion in regulation: some theory
                          David Martimort, Toulouse School of Economics
 
15.15-15.45   Q&A, lead by Francesc Trillas, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona-tbc
 
15.45-16.15  Coffee Break
 
16.15-16.45     Dealing with collusion in network industries in Europe
Andreas Stephan, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia
 
16.45-17.15   Q&A lead by Etienne de Keuleneer, ULB
 
17.15-17.45    Legal, political and institutional issues in anti- capture policies
 Mark Thatcher, Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation , LSE (tbc)
 
17.45-18.15   Q&A, lead by Cedric Argenton, CentER & TILEC, Tilburg University
 
18.00-19.00     Cocktail
 
 

Friday, October 16, 2009
 
09.00-10.15     Unfair competition in infrastructure: some theory and lots (?) of evidence
 Tina Soreide (CMI, University of Bergen and World Bank)
                          Q&A lead by  Frederic Boehm (GTZ)
 
10.15- 10.45    Coffee Break
 
10.45-12.00     Capture, collusion and corruption in PPPs:
Main Speaker Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky  (PSE Paris School of Economics)
                          Q&A lead by Stephane Saussier, IAE – Paris I Sorbonne University
 
12.00-13.00    Round Table:  Are policies taking capture risk  seriously?
Chair:               Antonio Estache , ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Speakers :  Frederic Boehm (GTZ), Eric de Keuleneer (ULB),  Andreas Stephan (University of East Anglia),
 
13.00-14.30      End of seminar “Sandwich Lunch”