The Economic Analysis Group (EAG) of the Antitrust Division is one of the world’s leading venues for developing and applying economics to real world questions of competition. Economists here routinely incorporate internal corporate data, business documents, and information from interviews of executives to understand and model competition from a perspective that is unavailable in typical academic settings. As a result, EAG economists can develop a uniquely relevant understanding of firm conduct in a wide variety of industries—from traditional manufacturing to high tech. Our analysis plays a central role in enforcement efforts to protect competition and benefit consumers through low prices, high quality, and innovation.
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Economic Research
EAG has a seminar series that features the latest work of academics and other researchers, a release time program to grant formal time away from casework to pursue research, and an active discussion paper series.
More on economic research at EAG.
Recent Discussion Papers
The Effectiveness of EC Policies to Move Freight from Road to Rail: Evidence from CEE Grain Markets December 2019
Collusion Along the Learning Curve: Theory and Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry July 2019
Common Ownership and Airlines: Evaluating an Alternate Ownership Data Source April 2019
In the News
As part of the Antitrust Division’s Jackson-Nash Address Series, 2018 Nobel Laureate Paul Romer spoke on a number of topics, including his affidavit in the Microsoft antitrust case.
EAG Year in Review
Economics at the Antitrust Division 2018–2019: Telecommunications and Healthcare
Economics at the Antitrust Division: 2017–2018
Economics at the Antitrust Division 2016–2017: Healthcare, Nuclear Waste, and Agriculture
Additional Information
About EAG
We are a group of approximately 50 Ph.D. economists, complemented by research and financial analysts. We analyze the competitive effects of horizontal and vertical mergers and of potentially anticompetitive business practices.
Cases
Using economic theory and the evolving empirical tools of our trade, EAG studies the strategies of firms and the dynamics of industries.
Leadership
EAG is led by career managers and the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics. The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics is a prominent industrial organization economist, typically on leave from an academic post.
Related pages:
Antitrust Division Leadership, Section, and Office Directory: Contains contact information for each section and office.
Division Manual: Chapter 1, Organization and Functions of the Antitrust Division