Publications & Documents

OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum 2020

30 Sept-1 Oct 2020 - The 3rd OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum will address the benefits and risks of blockchain for our economies and societies, identify good policy and regulatory approaches, and investigate uses in specific policy areas.

Consumer data rights and competition

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a roundtable on consumer data rights and their impact on competition, in a period where many jurisdictions are adopting new data rights for customers, and the role of competition advocacy and enforcement is tested in an ever evolving connected world.

Start-ups, killer acquisitions and merger control

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a Roundtable on start-ups, killer acquisitions and merger control to look at theories of harm in the acquisition of nascent firms, how to identify the relevant counterfactual, and how to assess the competitive effects of such mergers. It will also consider the case for broader policy reforms to help improve decision-making in these cases.

Sustainability and competition

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a Hearing on sustainability and competition, looking at the interaction between various aspects of sustainability and competition law enforcement, including climate change, environmental protection and sustainable production and consumption.

Conglomerate effects of mergers

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a roundtable on the conglomerate effects of mergers which have taken on new prominence in the digital era. This discussion will focus on how to assess the potential harm to competition from conglomerate mergers, and how to overcome practical challenges associated with investigating conglomerate theories of harm.

Methodologies to measure market competition

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a discussion on Methodologies to measure market competition, their advantages and limitations (both conceptual and practical), review the international experience in this area, and explore the different issues that arise when selecting/using empirical measures to infer the intensity of competition in a market.

Criminalisation of cartels and bid rigging conspiracies

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a roundtable on Criminalisation of cartels and bid rigging conspiracies. The roundtable will examine different types of criminal sanctions imposed against firms and individuals, the different approaches to investigation and prosecution of criminal offences, and the role of leniency programmes and co-operation between competition agencies and prosecution authorities.

Line of business restrictions as a solution to competition concerns

In June 2020, the OECD will hold a hearing on Competition and line of business restrictions, to look at how effective structural and behavioural restrictions such as non-discrimination have been, and to understand the case for such restrictive regulations in relation to self-preferencing by digital platforms.

Launch: Results of the OECD PISA 2018 financial literacy assessment of students

7 May 2020: PISA 2018 Results (Volume IV): Are Students Smart About Money? provides an overall picture of 15-year-olds’ ability to apply their accumulated knowledge and skills to real-life situations involving financial issues and decisions.

Multi-dimensional Review of Viet Nam - Towards an Integrated, Transparent and Sustainable Economy