The conference will be an in-person event. The Association of Competition Economics (ACE) brings together competition economists working in government, academia and the private sector. It provides a forum for discussion and debate on policies and specific cases. It is a not-for-profit...

Programme: Case Session I State Aid: Lufthan; Case Session II Sector Inquiry: Online platforms and Digital Advertising Market study; ACE 2020 special panel session I: Common ownership; Case session III Antitrust: Booking.com; Case session IV Merger: Aurubis/Metallo; ACE 2020 special panel...

Topics: - Accounting and regulatory compliance; - The continuing challenges and opportunities presented by the adoption of IFRS and other international standardization and convergence projects; - Auditing and oversight of the accounting profession; - Effect of regulation on management behavior,...

We invite papers that aim at a better understanding of the impacts of technological change, industry 4.0 on the economy and development. We call for papers in particularly (but not restricted to) the following fields: - de- and reindustrialization processes; - new business models; - governmental...

Industrial competitiveness, expected and ongoing technological changes – labelled as the 4th industrial revolution ̶ are in the focus of the EU agenda. Even if future scenarios are surrounded by considerable uncertainty, some crucial factors can be identified, e.g. the increasing importance...

The Association of Competition Economics (ACE) brings together those working on the economics of competition in government, academia and the private sector and provides a forum for discussion and debate of both issues and cases.

We are encouraging competition economists (academics, consultants, agency members) interested in the work of ACE to submit a proposal for a case presentation at the 13th Annual ACE Conference.

ACE brings together experts who work on the economics of competition in government organisations, academia, and the private sector. It provides a forum for discussion of research topics as well as court cases. ACE is a non-profit organisation based in Europe open to all those interested in the...

We welcome papers addressing a number of issues related to such markets, including: • the various forms markets may assume • the processes through which markets are realized • the import of economic theories at large on markets (economics, marketing, strategy) • the role of devices and...