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The OECD Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation brought together experts to discuss how recent developments in the economics of regulation could inform the construction of the STRI in network industries and in sectors characterised by two-sided platforms.

 

The meeting was composed of three sessions:

1. Competition in international markets: the case of network industries
2. Competition in international markets: the case of two-sided platforms
3. How can insights from recent research on network effects, network externalities and two-sided platforms be taken into account in trade policy analysis?

 

Wednesday 7 December 2011

 

Welcome remarks by Raed Safadi, Deputy Director of the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, and by the Chair Gillian Doyle, University of Glasgow 

 

Session I: Competition in International Markets: The case of network industries

 

Speakers

Marc Ivaldi, University of Toulouse, Presentation: Price Competition in the Intercity Passenger Transport Market
Jerome Pouyet, Paris School of Economics, Presentation: Competition and Industry Structure for International Rail Transportation
Volodymyr Bilotkach, Newcastle Business School, Presentation: Regulation, Privatization and Airport Charges

 

Background documents and references for this session

Price Competition in the Intercity Passenger Transport Market: A Simulation Model, Marc Ivaldi and Catherine Vibes
Competition and Industry Structure for International Rail Transportation, Guido Friebel, Marc Ivaldi and Jerome Pouyet
Regulation, Privatization, and Airport Charges: Panel Data Evidence from European Airports, Volodymyr Bilotkach, Joseph A. Clougherty, Juergen Mueller and Anming Zhang

 

Session II: Competition in International Markets: The case of two- sided platforms

 

Speakers

Bruno Jullien, University of Toulouse, Presentation: Two-Sided Markets, Leverage and Multiplier Effects
Hans Jarle Kind, Norwegian School of Economics, Presentation: Taxation in Two-Sided Markets
Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Presentation: Identifying Two-Sided Markets

Paul Belleflamme, Université Catholique de Louvain, Presentation: Piracy in Two-Sided Markets

 

Background documents and references for this session

Advertising, Competition and Entry in Media Industries, Claude Crampes, Carole Haritchabalet and Bruno Jullien
Market Shares in Two-Sided Media Industries, Hans Jarle Kind and Frank Stähler
Price Coordination in Two-Sided Markets: Competition in the TV Industry, Hans Jarle Kind, Tore Nilssen and Lars Sørgard
How Many Markets are Two-Sided? Lapo Filistrucchi
Platfo rm Competition and Seller Investment Incentives, Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz

 

Session III: Implications for Trade Policy Analysis

 

Speakers

Kenneth Button, George Mason University, Presentation: Presentation - K. Button - Impacts of Transport Regulation on International Trade
Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide
Joseph Francois, Johannes Kepler University
Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics, Presentation: Two-Sided Markets 

 

Way forward and close of the meeting

 

 

 

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