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Call for Papers: 2026 Hal White Antitrust Conference

Bates White will host our 23rd annual Hal White Antitrust Conference on June 1–2, 2026, in Washington, DC.  

We hope you will consider submitting your work to present at the conference. Submissions in industrial organization are welcome, including both theoretical and empirical work, and we especially encourage submissions on topics related to hub-and-spoke cartels, algorithmic pricing, digital platforms, buyer power and monopsony power, and merger retrospectives.

About the conference

The Hal White Antitrust Conference brings together distinguished IO and antitrust economists from academia, enforcement agencies, and consulting to discuss the latest research and see first-hand the importance of academic research as it applies to antitrust analysis and litigation.

How to submit

If you are interested in presenting your work, please provide an abstract or completed paper here. If your paper is selected, Bates White will cover travel fees up to $1,000 for attending this conference.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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