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Ninth Annual Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference
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Event Description

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics hosted a two-day conference to bring together scholars working in areas related to the FTC’s antitrust, consumer protection, and public policy missions.

The scientific committee for the conference is:

  • Leslie Marx (Duke University, Fuqua)
  • Chad Syverson (University of Chicago, Booth)
  • Florian Zettelmeyer (Northwestern University, Kellogg)

Organizers: Nathan Wilson (FTC) and Ted Rosenbaum (FTC)

The conference program will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, and 9:00 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Friday, November 4. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m.

SPONSORS

This conference is sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics and Searle Center on Law, Regulation and Economic Growth at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The FTC conference organizers are Nathan Wilson and Ted Rosenbaum.

STAFF CONTACT

Laura Kmitch
202-326-3133
BE-Micro@ftc.gov

FTC Privacy Policy

Under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) or other laws, we may be required to disclose to outside organizations the information you provide when you pre-register for events that require registration. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, and as a matter of discretion, we make every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments before posting them on the FTC website.

The FTC Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s Privacy Act system for public records and comprehensive privacy policy.

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