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Dr. Halbert White invited to speak at FTC conference
on oil industry merger effects
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 3, 2005—Bates White, LLC, a national
economic consulting firm, announced that Dr. Halbert White, UCSD
professor of economics and Bates White founder, has been invited
to serve as a moderator and panelist at the FTC conference on
oil industry merger effects on January 14, 2005.
Dr. White will join other economic experts to evaluate two recent
studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration
in the U.S. petroleum industry. The first is a March 2004 case
study of the effects of the recent Marathon/Ashland Corp. joint
venture. The second is the May 2004 report by the Government Accountability
Office that examined the effects of mergers and market concentration
in the U.S. petroleum industry.
Dr. White will moderate a panel on “Robustness and Measurement
Issues in Merger Event Studies and Price-Concentration Studies.”
He will also serve on three other panels: “General Identification
Issues in Merger Event Studies,” “Special Issues Involving
Price-Concentration Estimation,” and “Implications
of Current Learning for Antitrust Merger Policy in the Petroleum
Industry.”
Click
here for more information on the conference.
About Bates White
Bates White is a national economic consulting firm of more than 150 professionals.
Established in 1999, Bates White offers consulting services in economics,
finance,
and business analytics. Bates White has offices in Washington, D.C., and San
Diego, Calif.
www.bateswhite.com
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