From Bid Rigging to Zero Pricing

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Workshop on Competition and Procurement: From Bid Rigging to Zero Pricing

NHH, SNF, UiB and Bergen Center for Competition Law & Economics host this workshop gathering leading legal and economic experts specialized in the interaction between collusive practices and public procurements. Six international speakers plus the Head of The Norwegian Competition Authority, Tina Søreide, will be joining to discuss the law and economics of this important interaction.

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Karl Borch's Auditorium, NHH
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Background

Public procurement constitutes one of the most important expenditures by states worldwide, so detecting and sanctioning collusive behaviors between firms that attempt to ‘cheat’ in the bidding game is paramount.

As tools for detection evolves and the legal framework is amended to prevent and punish wrongdoers, collusive practices refine and become more complex. Therefore, there is a need to study these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.

REGISTRATION

To register: Send an email to annekristin.wilhelmsen@snf.no.

Registration is free and gives access to coffee breaks and lunch.

This workshop has been made possible thanks to the generous funding granted by the Norwegian Competition Authority (Konkurransetilsynet) to the research project “Between predation and bid rigging: Competition issues in procurement markets”.

Programme
08.30 – 09.00

Registration and coffee
09.00 – 09.10

Welcome words 

  • Malin Arve, NHH
  • Ronny Gjendemsjø, UiB
09.15 – 10.45

Law session

  • Despina Pachnou, OECD
  • Penelope Giosa, University of Portsmouth
  • Patricia Valcárcel Fernández, University of Vigo
10.45 - 11.00

Coffee break
11.00 – 12. 30

Economics session

  • Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
  • Ricardo Goncalves, Catholic University Porto
  • Shrey Nishchal, Høgskulen på Vestlandet
12.30 - 13.30

Lunch
13.30 - 14.15

Tina Søreide, Norwegian Competition Authority

Public procurement and competition: The role of competition authorities
14.15 - 14.30

Coffee break
14.30 - 16.00

  Round Table

Speakers are confirmed. Topics will be announced later.