Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy: The Changing Landscape of Retail Competition

“…Contributors to this volume - Dick Bell, Oxford Institute of Retail Management Ulf Bernitz, School of Law, Stockholm University and Director of the Oxford/Stockholm Wallenberg Venture in European Law at the Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford Terry Calvani, Of Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Ratula Charkaborty, The Business School, Loughborough University Paul W Dobson, The Business School, Loughborough University Ariel Ezrachi, Director, The University of Oxford Centre for Competition law and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford Andres Font Galarza, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP David Gilo, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University Alistair Gorrie, Partner, Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP Gundula Grewe, Faculty of Marketing, University of Hagen Richard Herbert, Global Insight and Development Director, Europanel Pieter Kuipers, Deputy General Cousel Europe, Unilever Ioannis Lianos, Faculty of Laws, University College London Philip Marsden, Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Renato Nazzini, School of Law, University of Southampton Rainer Olbrich, Faculty of Marketing, University of Hagen Ruth Orenstrat, Faculty of Marketing, University of Hagen John Ratliff, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Jonathan Reynolds, Said Business School, University of Oxford Jeffrey Schmidt, Director, Bureau Competition, US FTC Howard Smith, Department of Economics, University of Oxford Robert L Steiner, Economic Consultant and former Economist, US FTC John Thanassoulis, Department of Economics, University of Oxford Peter Whelan, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law…”

The Short-run and Long-run Effects of Covid-19 on Energy and the Environment by Gillingham, Kenneth T., Knittel, Christopher Roland, Li, Jing, Ovaere, Marten, Reguant, Mar

“…In 2015 to 2016, he served as the Senior Economist for Energy and the Environment at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. …”
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NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP INDUSTRI DAN PERDAGANGAN TEKSTIL DAN PRODUK TEKSTIL INDONESIA by , Kisnu Haryo, , Prof. Dr. Budi Winarno

“…The development of Post-World War II showed that efforts were made by the economist and the executives to build a free market system that transcending the national borders. …”

Automating democracy: Generative AI, journalism, and the future of democracy by Arguedas, AR, Simon, FM

“…&rsquo; <br />Speakers included leading experts on AI, the news, and democratic theory: Hannah Kirk, an AI researcher and DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute; Hal Hodson, a special projects writer and technology journalist at The Economist; Laura Ellis, the BBC&rsquo;s Head of Technology Forecasting; Gary Rogers, co-founder of news agency RADAR and Senior Newsroom Strategy Consultant at Fathm; Dr Gemma Newlands, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI and Work at the Oxford Internet Institute; Polly Curtis, the Chief Executive of think tank Demos; Prof John Tasioulas, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford; and Prof H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Landemore, Professor of Political Science at Yale University.…”

AI in the news: reshaping the information ecosystem? by Simon, FM, Isaza-Ibarra, LF

“…</p> <p>Held under the Chatham House Rule, participants included leading experts on AI and the news, including Shreya Vaidyanathan, Product Manager at Bloomberg LP; Jane Barrett, Global Editor for Media News Strategy at Reuters; Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan, Banking and Fintech Correspondent at the Financial Times; Melissa Heikkil&auml;, Senior Reporter for AI at MIT Technology Review; Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; David Caswell, Executive Product Manager at the BBC; and Tom Standage, Deputy Editor at The Economist. The diverse audience comprised journalists, policy experts, technology specialists, and students from the University of Oxford and beyond, contributing to a rich and multifaceted exchange of ideas.…”

A review of trade liberalization and its aftermath by Salinas Meneses, GE

“…</p> <p>The first chapter, co-authored with Yothin Jinjarak (Senior Economist at the Asian Development Bank), contributes to the literature that seeks to identify, at the district level, the impact of increased import competition linked to import tariff reductions in developing countries by accounting for spillovers from neighboring districts. …”

The machinery question by Berg, M, Berg, Maxine L.

“…This shows in the very seriousness attached by political economists to the 1826 anti-machinery riots in Lancashire and to the 1830 agricultural riots. …”

Review: Limits to Globalization: Disruptive geographies of capitalist development by Dorling, D

“…The author says he does not want to set geographers against economists, and that is perhaps sensible. Economists would likely laugh if they ever spent a few hours looking at the papers most human geographers write in leading human geography journals. …”

Differences in Nobel laureates across disciplines by Lim, Davina Hui Hui, Tham, Sherin Xue Ling, Yeo, Xue Ling

“…Are Economists really different from non-Economists? In this paper, we constructed a data set on Nobel Laureates’ personal life, to investigate if Economists are indeed different by studying their degree of self-interest across disciplines. …”
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Historical natural experiments: bridging economics and economic history by Cantoni, D, Yuchtman, N

“…In this chapter we trace the development and increasing application of the methodology, both from the perspective of economic historians and from the perspective of economists in other subdisciplines. We argue that the historical natural experiment represents a methodological bridge between economic history and other fields: historians are able to use the cutting edge identification strategies emphasized by applied microeconomists; economists across subfields are able to scour history for useful identifying variation; development and growth economists are able to trace the historical roots of contemporary outcomes, and to identify the ultimate causes of economic growth. …”

Why Economics Needs Ethical Theory by Broome, J

“…Whenever economics tries to determine how the economy ought to be structured or managed, it makes an ethical judgement. But economists use various devices to hide from themselves their need for ethical theory. …”

The View from Above: Applications of Satellite Data in Economics by Donaldson, Dave, Storeygard, Adam

“…<jats:p> The past decade or so has seen a dramatic change in the way that economists can learn by watching our planet from above. …”
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Economic advice as a vocation: symbioses of scientific and political authority by Davies, W

“…This article examines the case of anti-trust economics, in which government economists are encouraged to remain as academically engaged as possible, so that their advice will be – or appear to be – unpolluted by political or bureaucratic pressures.Yet this ideal is constantly compromised by the fact that the economists are nevertheless government employees, working beneath lawyers. …”

James Meade's Vision: Full Employment and Social Justice. by Atkinson, A

“…Economists are often accused of being narrow specialists, unable to see how their particular area of expertise relates to wider issues. …”

‘Pro-poor’ growth and children in developing countries: the case of Vietnam by Glewwe, P

“…Economists often claim that economic growth in developing countries leads to a better quality of life for virtually everyone in those countries. …”

Institutions and Economic Performance by Temin, Peter

“…This is an intelligent and important book. Economists have discovered that institutions (a.k.a. histories) are important determinants of economic growth. …”
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Weaponizing economics: Big Oil, economic consultants, and climate policy delay by Franta, B

“…The economists used models that inflated predicted costs while ignoring policy benefits, and their results were often portrayed to the public as independent rather than industry-sponsored. …”

The Climate Policy Dilemma by Pindyck, Robert S.

“…Climate policy poses a dilemma for environmental economists. The economic argument for stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement is far from clear. …”
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Emerging practices and perspectives on Big Data analysis in economics: Bigger and better or more of the same? by Taylor, L, Schroeder, R, Meyer, E

“…Using interviews conducted with a cross-section of economists, this paper examines perspectives on Big Data across the discipline, the new types of data being used by researchers on economic issues, and the range of responses to this opportunity amongst economists. …”

'See First, Think Later, then Test': How Children's Perspectives can Improve Economic Research by Orkin, K

“…Economists largely ignore such criticisms. I describe qualitative research on child time allocation in rural Ethiopia. …”