One of the hottest discussions in the #antitrust community right now is whether competition policy has neglected the impact of market concentration on workers, and what it means for #labor share. Register for this livestream from #StiglerAntitrust22: ms.spr.ly/6010wa3Ie

Antitrust has been very interesting lately. I had a chat with Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations about five recent books on the topic that I'd recommend. (In fact, I cheated and squeezed in a sixth).

We're delighted to introduce our Job Market Candidates for 2022-23! Over the coming days we'll be introducing each of the candidates individually, but in the meantime you can learn about all of our candidates here: economics.ox.ac.uk/job-market-can… #EconJobMarket

The blog is live 🥳🥳🥳: thecompetitivetension.com

If you've never thought about monopolies/oligopolies and antitrust, it's time to get reading. We have some good interviews with Jason Furman, Howard Smith. Our most recommended book is by Jan Eeckhout (Princeton University Press): fivebooks.com/category/econo…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17941 A two sample size estimator for large data sets Martin O'Connell Wisconsin Economics Institute for Fiscal Studies, Howard Smith Department of Economics, Oxford, Oyvind Thomassen NHH Department of Economics ow.ly/z5Nn50N5RNN #CEPR_IO, #CEPR_PE

📢CALL FOR PAPERS - The RES PhD conference 2023 will take place on 9 June at the University of Glasgow University of Glasgow Royal Economic Society. This conference is organised by PhD students and aims to bring together young economists to encourage discussion and the sharing of knowledge. 1/2

Reminder: our IO day takes place on December 28 2023. Excited to have a keynote lecture by Phil Haile! Submissions are flowing in and are most welcome. Please find the call for papers below. scholars.huji.ac.il/aloneizenberg/…

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#EconTwitter, come join us at the Competition & Markets Authority Microeconomics Unit! We are recruiting for up to three permanent full-time research posts. These would be ideal for someone coming from a postdoc, or straight from a PhD with some prior work experience. 1/2 civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Well done Sam @AltmannM

This exciting antitrust book is out today. It covers the economic issues in a wide range of recent cases in the US and Europe. I contributed the chapter "Upward Pricing Pressure in Supermarket Mergers: The UK’s Asda/Sainsbury Case." competitionpolicyinternational.com/antitrust-econ…

Opportunity to apply for these excellent post-doc positions at in any area of economics.

Our associates at the Oxford Economic Papers Association and Oxford University Press invite applications for the position of Editor(s) of Oxford Economic Papers. We encourage qualified candidates to apply before the deadline on the 19th January 2024. Find out more: bit.ly/3NtHXkh

Thank you, Flavio. Was great you were able to come.

We’ve launched our new #Microeconomics Unit Growth Programme to support the government’s #growth mission + Industrial Strategy. This follows our third State of Competition report, published today, which looks at how well competition is working in the UK. gov.uk/government/new…

Want to do a funded, joint Department of Economics, Oxford-Competition & Markets Authority PhD on market power? Howard Smith and the CMA Microeconomics Unit are looking for promising candidates interested in working on "Beyond markups: understanding changes to competition, concentration, and market power". 1/2

Just a reminder that applications for our funded, joint Department of Economics, Oxford-Competition & Markets Authority PhD are due in less than a month. Please drop me or Howard Smith a message if you have any questions!

NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: The rise of discounters and its impact on concentration, market power and welfare 📗 Read Martin O'Connell, Howard Smith and Øyvind Thomassen's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications/r…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20568 The Rise of Discounters and its Impact on Concentration, Market Power and Welfare Martin O'Connell UW–Madison Institute for Fiscal Studies, Howard Smith, Oyvind Thomassen NHH Norwegian School of Economics ow.ly/Btmm50WF6fH #CEPR_IO #EconTwitter