Course description
In partnership with King's College London
Our Economics for Competition Law course is suitable for practising lawyers, regulators, academics and those with a specific need for knowledge of Economics for Competition Law. On completion of the course, you will have a firm understanding of the increasingly important role that economics plays in competition law and an understanding of when economic analysis is needed for a particular competition law case.
Our course has been specifically designed for economists and lawyers in private practice, in- house legal advisers and representatives from the national competition authorities.
Training content
Economic evidence and analysis play a crucial role in cases brought before the European Commission, national authorities and courts.
Benefit from a highly relevant programme that:
- Gives an in-depth insight into the application of Economics to Competition Law.
- Deals with basic building blocks of economic analysis in competition law: market power and market definition.
- Covers the economic issues that arise under Article 101 and Article 102, network effects and the boundaries of competition law and intellectual property law, mergers and state aid.
- Course materials are written by leading professional experts in the field
- Can be studied anywhere in the world
- Weekend seminars led by course directors
Core Modules
Module 1: Foundations of the Economics of Competition Law
Unit 1 - Introduction to economics of Competition Law
Unit 2 - Market Power
Unit 3 - Market Definition
Module 2: Antitrust and State Aid
Unit 4 - Predation and Excessive Pricing
Unit 5 - Refusal to supply, essential facilities and margin squeeze
Unit 6 - Article 101: Vertical Restraints and Cartels
Unit 7 - State Aid
Module 3: Networks and Dynamic Markets
Unit 8 - Multi-sided platforms
Unit 9 - IP and dynamic markets
Module 4: Merger Control and Quantitative Analysis
Unit 10 - Mergers: Unilateral Effects
Unit 11 - Coordinated merger effects and non-horizontal mergers
Unit 12 - Quantitative analysis
Course delivery details
- The distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law programme is structured into four modules of twelve units.
- Each unit comes in the form of hard copy print and as a PDF file via the programme website.
- Questions will be set at the end of each unit and model answers to most of these will be sent with the unit that follows.
- Units are normally sent by post and overseas students will be sent their material by air courier. Students are expected to engage with the online platform during their studies.
- All students will be eligible to attend two optional weekend seminars at King’s College London or another venue in central London.
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