LCF Award
YTCA 2021: shortlisted candidates
Below you find the best three proposals shortlisted for the Young Talent Competition Award.
The winners of the first edition of the Young Talent Competition Award (YTCA) are Francesco Clavorà Braulin and Michela Boldrini with their research proposal “Taming Tech Giants’ Algorithms: the Amazon Buy-Box Case”.
TAMING TECH GIANTS’ ALGORITHMS: THE AMAZON BUY-BOX CASE
Francesco Clavorà Braulin, Michela Boldrini
ACQUISITIONS OF STARTUPS AND ENTRY IN SOFTWARE MARKETS
Luise Eisfeld
PLATFORM SEARCH DESIGN AND MARKET POWER
H. Tai Lam
As part of Lear Competition Festival, Lear has instituted a Young Talent Competition Award (YTCA) for young economists and lawyers in the field of antitrust and regulation who wish to pursue a professional or academic career in the field of competition law and economics, policy assessment and regulation.
The proposal for research can deal with any topics related to:
- Competition law
- Competition economics
- Public policy assessment
- Regulation (in any sector)
The winner will be awarded a prize of € 2,000 and, together with the economists/lawyers ranked as second and third, will present their proposal at the Lear Competition Festival.
Below you find the rules to participate and further details on the award.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee will prepare a ranking of the three best proposals. The Scientific Committee includes the following four outstanding academics and practitioners:
Michele Carpagnano
Dentons Rome, Professor of Trento University, Faculty of Law
Joseph Harrington
Professor, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania
William E. Kovacic
Professor of Global Competition Law and Policy at George Washington University
Tommaso Valletti
Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Participation to the Young Talent Competition Award (YTCA) is open to post-graduate students and PhD students who wish to pursue a professional carrier in the field of competition law and economics, policy assessment and regulation. Both economists and lawyers can participate.
Participation is subjected to prior free registration at the Lear Competition Festival
The proposals for research should be submitted in PDF to award@learcompetitionfestival.com
The deadline for the submission of the proposal is May 15, 2021. Please note that the proposals received after this date will not be considered.