John Fingleton - CV

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Education and career

• 1983-87   Trinity College Dublin Scholar 1985; BA (Mod) in Economics 1987
• 1987-91   Nuffield College Oxford, M. Phil. in Economics 1989,
  D. Phil. Middlemen 1991
• 1991   London School of Economics, Research Officer at Financial Markets Group, January to September
• 1991-2000   Trinity College Dublin, Lecturer in Economics
  European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics,
  Université Libre de Bruxelles, July to December 1995
  Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, visiting scholar, September 1998 to April 2000
• 2000-2005  Chairperson, Irish Competition Authority
• 2005-   Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading

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Publications

Books and chapters in books

• 'Competition Policy and Competitiveness: The Perspective from a small open EU Member State,' Chapter 3 in Competition and Competitiveness in a New Economy, H. Handler and C. Burger (eds.), July 2002.
• 'Regulation and Competition' [with O. Hogan] in The Economy of Ireland: Policy and Performance of a Small European Economy, Gill & MacMillan, J.W. O'Hagan (ed.), 7th edition, 2000.
• The Dublin Taxi Market: Re-regulate or Stay Queuing?, [with J. Evans and O. Hogan], Studies in Public Policy, 3, The Policy Institute, 1998.
• Competition Policy and the Transformation of Central Europe [with E. Fox, D. Neven and P. Seabright], CEPR, 1996.
• 'Margins and Risk Premia in Bookmaking,' [with P. Waldron], Chapter 7 in The Empirical Analysis of Industrial Organisation, CEPR, D. Neven and L-H. Röller (eds.), 1995.
• 'Competition and Efficiency in the Services Sector,' Chapter 10 in The Economy of Ireland: Policy and Performance of a Small European Country, J.W. O'Hagan (ed.), 8th edition, Gill & MacMillan, 1995.
• The Internationalisation of Capital Markets and the Regulatory Response, [Editor], Graham and Trotman, 1992.

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Articles

• 'The International Competition Network: building on success,' Competition Law International, 6(1), pp 5-10, 2010
• 'Challenges and opportunities for the competition regime,' Competition Law Journal, 9(3), pp 301-312, 2010
• 'Competition Agencies and Global Markets: The Challenges Ahead', 2009, (pdf 436kb) reproduced (with postscript, March 2011) in The International Competition Network at Ten, Paul Lugard, ed. (Intersentia 2011), pp173-204
• 'Career Concerns of Bargainers,' [with M. Raith] Journal of Law, Economics and Organisation, Vol. 21, pp. 179-204, 2005.
• Competing Interests, Global Agenda, 2005.
• Mind the gap: Reforming the EU Merger Regulation [with D. Nolan], (in translation as 'Mind the Gap.  La riforma del regolamento comunitario sulle concentrazioni'), Mercato Concorenze Regole, No. 2, pp. 297-308, 2003.
• De-monopolising Ireland (pdf 155kb), European Competition Law Annual 2003, (forthcoming).
• 'Does Collective Dominance Provide Suitable Housing for all anti-competitive oligopolistic mergers?,' Fordham Antitrust Conference 2002, pp. 181-99.
• 'The Distribution and Attribution of Cases Among the Members of the Network: The Perspective of the Commission/NCAs,' European Competition Law Annual 2002, pp. 325-40.
• 'Political economy insights from competition policy in Ireland,' Fordham Antitrust Conference 2001, pp. 569-95.
• 'How to Apply Antitrust Market Definition Rules to State Aids: A Proposal,' Selected Issues of State Aid Control, European Competition Law Annual 1999, 2001.
• 'Market Definition and State Aid Control,' [with F. Ruane and V. Ryan] European Economy, No. 3, pp. 65-88, 1999.
• 'Market Power and its Controversies,' (in translation as 'Il potere di mercato. Come definirlo?') in Mercato, Concorrena, Regole, Vol 1, No. 3, pp. 339-84, 1999.
• 'Competition among Middlemen when Buyers and Sellers can Trade Directly' Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. XLV, No. 4, 405-27, 1997.
• 'Competition between Intermediated and Direct Trade: Why Disintermediation Occurs Later than is Optimal,' Oxford Economic Papers, 49, No. 4, 543-56, 1997.
• 'Standards of Competition in the Irish Economy,' Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Vol. XXVII, Part IV, pp. 87-128, 1996/7.
• 'Economic Theory, Competition Policy and the Irish Economy,' Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Vol. XXVII, Part 1, pp. 153-164, 1996.
• 'Competition Policy and Employment: An Application to Ireland,' Economic and Social Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 57-76, October 1993.

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Speeches and lectures

(not otherwise published above)

Speeches can be downloaded as pdf files.

• The Challenges of Competition Advocacy (178kb), speech to International Bar Association, June 2003.
• The Effectiveness of the Irish Competition Law Regime: 'Balancing Enforcement and Advocacy (313kb), speech to Competition Press Conference, September 2003.
• Competition Brings Benefits and Challenges (84kb), speech to Dublin Economic Workshop, October 2003.
• Putting Competition at the Heart of Enterprise Policy (177kb), opening address at European Competition Day, April 2004.
• Effective Cartel Regulation in Ireland (113kb), presentation to International Competition Network, April 2004.
• Competition and the Insurance Sector (208kb), address to Insurance Institute of Ireland Annual Conference, Sept 2004.
• Is the Competition Act 2002 the last word? (302kb), speech to Competition Press Conference, September 2004.
• The Role of Economics in Merger Review (369kb), Beesley Lecture, 2004
• Are we over-regulated? (125kb), speech to Irish Management Institute Annual Conference, April 2004.

In addition to the above written texts, a large number of presentations on a variety of sectors and competition policy issues is available from the Irish Competition Authority website.

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Professional involvement

• European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Member of the Programme Committee (2000).
• Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Member of the Policy Board (2000-).
• National Competitiveness Council, Council Member (2003-).
• International Competition Network, Vice Chair of Steering Committee (2003-).
• Association of Competition Economics, Chair of Steering Committee (2003-).
• Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Member of the Advisory Board (2004-).
• Competition Law Forum, Consultative Member (2005-).
• European Competition Journal, Member of the Advisory Board, (2005-).
• Competition Policy International, Member of the Editorial Board, (2005-).

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