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About Competition Commission of India
Competition Commission of India is a statutory body of the Government of India established on 14 October 2003 under the Competition Act 2002.
Competition Commission of India is a body responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 throughout India and to prevent activities that have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India.
About the Opportunity
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will organize the 11th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law tentatively in February/March 2026 at New Delhi.
Object
- Stimulate research and debate on contemporary issues in the field of economics of competition law
- Develop a better understanding of competition issues relevant to the Indian context
- Draw inferences for implementation of competition law in India
Eligibility
The conference targets economists including scholars, practitioners and competition agency officials with a keen interest in economics of competition law and policy.
Co-authored papers are allowed. However, one of the authors should be an Indian citizen having expertise/ specialization in Economics.
Submission Guidelines
A 1000-word abstract of the paper including research questions, methodology and expected results along with one-page curriculum vitae and contact details should be submitted initially.
Authors of selected abstracts will then be invited to submit full, original and unpublished papers of not more than 6000 words.
Theme
- Market definition, measuring market power and abuse of dominance: Issues like empirical methods of defining markets, measuring market power, and assessment of exclusionary unilateral conduct etc. may be covered among others.
- Vertical restraints and competition: Vertical restraints can have many procompetitive as well as anticompetitive effects. Papers may explore areas such as resale price maintenance, assignment of exclusive territories or exclusive dealing, tying and bundling and circumstances under which these restrictions have anti competitive effects.
- Horizontal agreements and cartelization: Prohibition of collusive conduct of firms is a key component of competition law. Papers may explore issues such as economics of collusion, information exchange, price signaling, facilitating factors for cartels, detecting and discouraging cartels etc.
- Economics of platform markets and challenges for antitrust enforcement: New digital products and business models as well as the special characteristics of digital markets have created new challenges for enforcement and competition policy. Papers may explore new tools and techniques that the discipline of economics offers for assessing competition issues in platform markets.
- Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law: Competition law will be concerned not with the legitimate exercise of an IP right, but with efforts of the holders of this right to expand the scope, either to new products, or beyond a certain time or by conditioning access to the right on restrictions. Papers may explore areas of recent concerns in the IPcompetition law interface.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Competition Law: AI is emerging as a new factor of production, augmenting the traditional factors of production viz. labour, capital and innovation and technological changes captured in total factor productivity. AI can fundamentally reshape how firms make decisions, in particular by generating predictive analytics, automating decision-making, and optimising business process. Papers may explore concerns related to potential competition issues in AI ecosystem and application of AI in user industries.
- Price and non-price effects of mergers: Economic analysis is playing an increasingly important role in merger review. Papers may focus on recent developments in estimating the effects of mergers (merger simulation, diversion ratios, pricing pressure indices, etc.), innovation effects and welfare effects of mergers including vertical or conglomerate mergers, issues in the use of appropriate remedies, that is, adoption of structural and/or behavioral remedies.
- Any other issues related to competition policy and law.
How to Submit?
Abstract along with CV may be sent to ecoseminar@cci.gov.in.
The CV should necessarily include citizenship of Author/Co-author, educational qualification (clearly mentioning Discipline of Post Graduation or Doctorate Level) with passing year, work experience and publication in the area of economics, if any.
Post-Conference Publication
Papers submitted by authors, after incorporating suggestions, will be published by the CCI on its website and/or CCI Journal on Competition Law and Policy after reviewing for quality.
Financial Support & Certification
An honorarium of INR 30,000 per paper along with certificate will be provided to Author(s) of papers selected for presentation at the Conference. No TA and eDA will be provided to attend the Conference.
Important Dates
- Notification of Call for Papers: 3rd July, 2025
- Last date of submission of abstracts: 18th August, 2025
- Review, Selection and intimation to authors: 1st October, 2025
- Last date for submission of full papers: 1st December, 2025
- Review and Finalization of papers: 30th January, 2026
- Presentation in Conference: February/March 2026 (tentatively)
Location
Delhi.
Contact Information
For any queries, please contact at ecoseminar@cci.gov.in.
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