John Fingleton

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John Fingleton became Chief Executive of the OFT in October 2005 for a five year term. He had previously been Chairperson of the Irish Competition authority since May 2000.

John is Chair of the Association of Competition Economics, and represents the UK on the Competition Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).  He also sits on the board of several journals that specialise in competition policy.

John studied economics at Trinity College, Dublin and Nuffield College Oxford. He taught economics at Trinity College, Dublin from 1991 to 2000 and held visiting positions at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (1995) and the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago (1998-2000).  

  • 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

  • '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 155 kb), 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.

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 involvements

  • 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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