Speeches/Articles by
Luke M. Froeb, Director, Bureau of Economics
- Vertical Restraints: What Does the Evidence Imply for Policy
Presentation before the AEI-Brookings Joint Center , Washington, DC, May 12, 2005
- Post Merger Product Repositioning
Before the Third Annual Meeting of the International Industrial Organization Conference, at The Georgia Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, April 9, 2005
- “The Cost of Filling Up: Did the FTC Approve Too Many Energy Mergers?”,
before The Fuel and Energy Committee Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2005)
- Vertical Antitrust Policy as a Problem of Inference
James C. Cooper, Luke M. Froeb (Director, Bureau of Economics), Daniel P. O'Brien, and Michael G.Vita., February 18, 2005
- "The Use of Economics in Merger Analysis", at The IBC Conference: The Use of Economics in Competition Law, at the Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, January 27, 2005
- "Competition Advocacy and Industry-Wide Antitrust at the FTC," before the Office of Fair Trading, London, UK (December 7, 2004)
- "Effects-Based Analysis: Mergers and Vertical Restraints," before the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Third Annual Merger Control Conference, London House, Mecklenburgh Square, London, UK, December 6, 2004
- Antitrust Enforcement R&D: Mergers and Vertical Restraints, at Kings College, London, UK, December 3, 2004
- "Vertical Restraints: What About the Evidence," at The American Bar Association's Fall Forum, National Press Club, Washington, DC., November 18, 2004
- "Demand-Pull Research for Antitrust Policy," before the students, at The University of Virginia, Department of Economics, Charlottesville, VA, November 15, 2004
- Post-Merger Product Repositioning, Economic Seminar before the faculty at the The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., November 15, 2004
- From Theory to Praxis: Quantitative Methods in Merger Control
Summit at Como: A Discussion of Competition Policy, Law and Economics, Como, Italy, October 30, 2004
- Economics and Antitrust Policy
As the Keynote Speaker at The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) 2004 Annual Meeting at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany, September 2, 2004
- Variance and Smoothness Screens for Collusion
(joint with Rosa Abrantes-Metz and Chris Taylor), at the Second Annual Meeting of the International Industrial Organization Conference, downtown Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, April 24, 2004
- Economics in Antitrust: A U.S Perspective
At a panel discussion, "The View From Brussels and Washington," at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Economics of Competition Policy Summit, Stanhope Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2002. [PDF 125K]
- Damages and Daubert Pitfalls
Before the Utah State Bar and the Law and Economics Society of Utah at the Law and Justice Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 9, 2004
- Unilateral Merger Effects & Economic Models
Before The 2004 Antitrust Conference: Antitrust Issues in Today's Economy" sponsored by the Conference Board, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY, March 3, 2004
- Economic Methodologies in Antitrust
Discussed at " Current Topics in Merger Antitrust Enforcement," sponsored by Charles R iver Associates, Willard InterContinential Hotel, Washington, DC , February 11, 2004
- Merger Effects When Firms Compete by Choosing Both Price and Advertising
Bureau of Economics Seminar with Steven Tenn, January 29, 2004.
- Merger Simulation Disciplined by Daubert, II
With Gregory J. Werden, Senior Economic Counsel, Antitrust Division, DOJ, and David T. Scheffman, former FTC BE Director and Director with LECG, discuss merger simulation at an American Bar Association Economics Committee Brown Bag, at the Offices of LECG, 1725 I Street N.W., Washington, DC 20006, January 29, 2004
- Recent Developments in the Estimation of Damages In Antitrust/Intellectual Property Cases: The Use of Economic Simulation Models
Presentation before the American Bar Association Antitrust Section, Intellectual Property Committee, at Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Conference Center, 1700 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC, December 11, 2003
- Price Discrimination and Competition: Implications for Antitrust
Before the American Bar Association's Fall Forum, National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC, November 19, 2003
- "The Role of Expert Economic Testimony in Antitrust Litigation,"
Before the Committee on Antitrust and Trade Regulation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, November 5, 2003.
- "Continuity in Economics at the FTC,"
American Bar Association Brown Bag Presentation, August 5, 2003.
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