[ecrea] CFP: Competition, regulation and freedom of expression in digital markets

CALL FOR PAPERS


FSR C&M, CMPF and ENTRANCE Annual Scientific Seminar - The Economics, 
Law and Policy of Communications and Media, 7TH EDITION:

COMPETITION, REGULATION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN DIGITAL MARKETS

Florence, Italy, 24-25 March 2017


The Florence School of Regulation, Communications & Media Area (FSR 
C&M), the Centre for Media
Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and the European Networking and 
Training for National Competition Enforcers (ENTraNCE) Annual Scientific 
Seminar brings together scholars in the fields of economics, law and 
political science, as well as practitioners, to consider frontier 
research in
electronic communications, Internet and media with a goal of fostering 
research ideas and informing
policy. The seminar will include 15-18 research papers presented over a 
two-day period.

Keynote Speaker: Michal Gal (University of Haifa)

We are interested in papers tackling economic, legal and regulatory 
issues in media, telecommunications and digital markets, broadly defined.
Examples include:
Mergers, Competition Policy & Antitrust in Infrastructure and Digital 
Markets (including the Role of
NRAs and NCAs): Economic and Legal Issues
Broadband Policy and Regulation
Net Neutrality & Content Distribution
Data Protection, the Economics of Data, Network Security
Search, Advertising & Privacy
Industrial Organisation & Political Economy of Media
Special Nature of Media Enterprise
Market Plurality and Freedom of Expression (including Digital 
Intermediaries and Media Pluralism)
The Economics of Platforms
Apps economy

SCIENTIFIC ORGANISERS:
Marc Bourreau (ENST Telecom ParisTech) Carlo Cambini (Polytechnic 
University of Turin), Alexandre de Streel (University of Namur), Gillian 
Doyle (University of Glasgow), Lisa George (Hunter College and the 
Graduate Center, CUNY), Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and 
Economics), Pablo Ibanez-Colomo (London School of Economics), Giorgio 
Monti (EUI), Pier Luigi Parcu (EUI), Maria Alessandra Rossi (University 
of Siena), Peggy Valcke (K.U. Leuven).

SUBMISSIONS:
Papers should be sent to (FSR.ComsMedia /at/ eui.eu) by January 30, 2017.
The program will be announced by February 13, 2017.
Selected papers might be published in the RSCAS Working Papers Series 
after the Scientific Seminar.

FEES:
No conference fee is charged. However, travels and accommodation costs 
should be borne by participants.

LOCATION:
European University Institute
Room “REFETTORIO” at BADIA FIESOLANA – Via dei Roccettini, 9
San Domenico di Fiesole – Firenze ITALY

INFORMATION AND CONTACTS:
For further information about the programme please contact: 
(Anna.Pisarkiewicz /at/ eui.eu) or (Silvia.Solidoro /at/ eui.eu)
For information about accommodation and logistics please contact: 
(Alessandra.Caldini /at/ eui.eu) –

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