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2026 ERC-DICACO Conference

The Causes and Consequences of Common Ownership

Date

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Location

Brussels, Belgium
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The conference brings together leading academics in industrial organisation and finance alongside policymakers, including Emanuele Tarantino, DG Competition's Chief Economist, who will deliver the keynote address. 

📆 Conference details: 
Monday 2 – Tuesday 3 November 2026

📍 Conference Location: 
MeetDistrict, Brussels, Belgium

 

Please note that places are limited. Submission of the registration form does not guarantee a place at the conference. You will be contacted by the organisers by email to confirm whether your registration has been successful. Please do not make travel arrangements until you have received confirmation of your place.

Programme

Monday, 2 November 2026 | 12:00 CET
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Registration and light lunch

Welcome and opening remarks

Speaker(s)

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Coffee break

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Coffee break

Dinner

Tuesday, 3 November 2026 | 08:30 CET
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Coffee

Q&A and open discussion

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Coffee break

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Lunch

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Coffee break

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Closing remarks

Speaker(s)

Speakers

Harald Hau

SFI Chaired Professor of Finance and Economics
Geneva School of Economics and Management
Research Member

Haerang Park

Korea University
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Martin Schmalz

Professor of Finance, Economics, and Real Estate
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Research Member
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Funded by the European Union (ERC, DICACO, Grant 10171287). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Keynote Speaker

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Emanuele Tarantino

Emanuele Tarantino has been the Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission at DG Competition since January 2025. Before joining the Commission, he was a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Finance of Luiss and a Research Affiliate at EIEF and CEPR. Underscoring his involvement in policy advice, between 2017 and 2024, he was a member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy of the European Commission Chief Economist Team, and between 2023 and 2024, he served as Academic Advisor of the Bank of Spain. He holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute, and before joining LUISS, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Mannheim. His research and teaching interests are in industrial economics, innovation, and financial economics.

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In collaboration with ECGI Institutional member

Organised by

Farshad Ravasan
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Martin C. Schmalz
Professor of Finance, Economics, and Real Estate
University of Oxford Saïd Business School

Contact

Kasia Kolanko
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
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