Seminar

Regular course: Antitrust in Platform Markets

October 8–10, 2020

Executive education seminar

Course objectives:

Economists at TSE have been at the forefront of economic research in platform markets. They have also played major roles in some of the most prominent antitrust cases involving GAFA – the Big Tech companies. In this course participants will work hand in hand with TSE economists to understand the economic principles underlying the functioning of multi-sided markets and learn how to assess the competitive or anti-competitive nature of different platform strategies.

Key benefits:

• Learn about multi-sided markets and their intricacies
• Assess recent cases involving Big Tech companies
• Discuss whether intervention is needed to ensure that these markets remain competitive and innovation vibrant 

Lecturers:

Dr. Alexandre de Cornière, TSE
Prof. Daniel Ershov, TSE
Dr. Bruno Jullien, TSE
Dr. Jorge Padilla, TSE
Nicolas Petit, European University Institute
Prof. Patrick Rey, TSE