Competition Policy & Regulation Center

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Purpose & ambition

Economic, technological, and societal transformations are creating new challenges in the areas of competition and regulation. Public policymakers face increasingly complex trade-offs as they seek to foster innovation, preserve effective competition, and ensure the proper functioning of markets. 

At the forefront of these issues, TSE helps improve understanding of the economic mechanisms underlying competition policies and regulatory frameworks. In particular, it aims to inform regulatory authorities and courts at the national, European, and international levels through rigorous analyses grounded in economic research. 

In this context, the Center for Competition Policy & Regulation is dedicated to:  

• Bring together and promote TSE’s scientific expertise

• Structure and encourage researchers’ contributions to public debate

• Foster interactions between academics and regulators 

Created in 2021, the Center for Competition Policy & Regulation builds on a long tradition of academic excellence that has helped make TSE an international benchmark. Its researchers have also helped improve economic reasoning in regulatory debates and practices by serving as experts for relevant authorities and courts, sitting on advisory bodies, and training current and future members of public institutions.

Research areas

By its very nature, the Center brings together applied research across a wide range of sectors and economic issues. Its activities include competition policy, digital regulation, regulation of infrastructure and network industries, and financial regulation. The four thematic areas below reflect the main research fields in which our researchers are engaged.

Activities

TSE Competition Policy & Regulation Center promotes, showcases, and disseminates research across all these fields through a range of scientific and outreach activities targeting both the academic community and decision-makers. 

• A dedicated resource hub: We provide a dedicated platform showcasing TSE’s activities in the field of competition and regulation, featuring academic experts, research outputs, events, and news related to our research programs and collaborations.
• Events for researchers and regulators: We organize scientific events bringing together the academic community, as well as targeted events designed specifically for public and private decision-makers to shed light on digital issues and their implications for public policy and business strategy.
• Knowledge dissemination and outreach activities: We develop a variety of formats to make research findings accessible to a broader audience. These activities include the publication of research reports, the distribution of thematic newsletters, and the production of podcasts and editorial content. 

The TSE Competition Policy & Regulation Center brings together several research initiatives, as well as research projects funded through public programs following competitive selection processes. 

Research initiatives 

Supported by one or more partners, these research initiatives encourage the development of research projects addressing issues of common interest to academics and economic stakeholders. 

• Economic regulation of railway sector, French Transport Regulatory Authority (ART)
• New challenges in competition economics, Nordic National Competition Authorities (NCAs) - Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Norway
• Regulation of digital services and platforms, with the Joint Research Centre - JRC of the European Commission 

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Publicly funded research projects  

Several TSE researchers are currently receiving grants or research funding related to competition and regulation, awarded under major national or European public research programs. .

European Research Council (ERC) Grants 

• Patrick Rey, DIGECON - Competition and regulation in the digital economy, 2022-2027
• Jean-Charles Rochet, DIPAMUTA - Digital Payments, Multidimensional Taxes, 2022-2027
• Andrew Rhodes, DMPDE - Data and Market Power in the Digital Economy, 2023-2028

French National Research Agency (ANR) Grants

• Jérôme Bolt, Regul-AI - Regulation of AI, 2024-2027
• Bruno Jullien, EDECOSYSTEM  - Economics of Digital Ecosystems: Private and Public Regulation, 2024-2026

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The Competition Policy & Regulation Center highlights all research conducted at TSE in this field, with a particular focus on work that has a strong impact on economic stakeholders.

The Competition Policy & Regulation Center promotes the organization of conferences, workshops, and seminars. These events contribute to the production and dissemination of research in the field of the competition and regulation economy, while fostering dialogue between the academic community and public officials responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating competition policies. 

What sets the Center apart is its ability to create forums for exchange where scholarly work is confronted with the practical challenges faced by national and European competition and regulatory authorities. Researchers, regulators, policymakers, and industry experts come together to share their experiences and discuss contemporary challenges in market regulation.

Regular scientific events

Workshops with Competition and Regulatory Authorities 

The Center regularly organizes workshops in collaboration with national competition and regulatory authorities across Europe. These meetings, deliberately structured to facilitate in-depth discussions, provide an opportunity to compare advances in economic research with the concrete challenges faced by public institutions. 

Scientific Events for Decision-Makers 

The Center organizes ad hoc events, often in connection with research programs developed through partnerships. These events are sometimes co-organized with other academic institutions, such as Yale University’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy or the European Commission’s Joint Research Center. They bring together international researchers, representatives of public institutions, and private-sector experts to discuss topics such as competition in the digital economy, sector-specific regulation, platform markets, innovation, and European competition policy. These gatherings foster new research collaborations and fuel debates on the evolution of regulatory and competition frameworks. 

We warmly thank the companies and public institutions that partner with our research initiatives in the field of competiton policy and regulation, who are also committed to supporting the Center. Through their support, our partners actively contribute to TSE’s scientific output and play a key role in promoting this research as well as in developing the Center’s activities.

We also express our gratitude to the public institutions that support the work of our researchers, particularly through major funding programs.