Alan Crawford

Assistant Director of Econometrics - CMA. All views are my own. Retweets != endorsements.

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

@laythy29 Same train. Agony.

[Jakob Schneebacher @j_schneebacher]

Attention IO job market candidates:

Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external seminar series have to cancel at short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.

Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

Check out my colleagues' great work in Appendix D: https://t.co/oUkZSXlfo3...

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

The CMA has just published its provisional decision in the Vets market investigation, which includes a great piece of econometric analysis. We use a diff-in-diff design to show that corporate acquisitions cause average prices to increase by 9% within 4 years.

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

We are recruiting an Assistant Econometrician! The role would suit a quantitative economics postgrad or a PhD student looking to gain practical experience and develop research skills while working with great data. Apply before Monday 7th July!

https://t.co/JzhyDl2MpB

[Jakob Schneebacher @j_schneebacher]

The programme for the third City-CMA competition workshop on 17-18 June is now out: The first day is dedicated to AI, technology and digital issues; the second to competition policy and economic growth.

https://t.co/RakerkDcBX

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[Jakob Schneebacher @j_schneebacher]

The UK will soon have a new industrial strategy. What can we learn from past policies, and from examining the sectors in the government's recent green paper?

Our new @CMAgovUK report looks at the data.

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[Competition & Markets Authority @CMAgovUK]

We’ve cleared #Vodafone’s merger with #Three, subject to the companies agreeing to legally binding commitments, including to invest billions in rolling out a combined #5G network across the UK.

This would ensure the merger boosts competition in UK mobile #telecoms.

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

Totally agree. As an early informal recipient of your wisdom, learning how to program opens so many doors - for both researchers and practitioners.

[Florian Oswald 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @FlorianOswald]

Yes, @ScPoEcon we teach a full course (24 hours) of basic programming skills https://t.co/QoVbLwDfPI Students appreciate (see below). I still hear the odd "isn't that a waste of valuable teaching time" comment every now and then. Couldn't disagree more.

[Jakob Schneebacher @j_schneebacher]

The @CMAgovUK and @CityUniLondon are hosting a workshop on competition economics, 3-4 June in London.

Topics covered include interoperability, algorithms, media plurality, labour market power and more.

Free and open to all, preliminary programme here: https://t.co/3WM4mwAmnQ

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

@bancroftian Even Wednesday?

[Florian Oswald 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @FlorianOswald]

Let me provide a few comments from the other side on this thread. If you start thinking about reproducibility of your work only the day the paper gets accepted, it can get rough. Start on day 1! We provide workshops! Let’s take a closer look: 1/n

[Jakob Schneebacher @j_schneebacher]

Want to help the @CMAgovUK incorporate more econometric work in merger cases and market studies?

Join my brilliant colleagues @IvanOlszak, @alcrawfs and @Clark96Fraser! Unique data and high impact guaranteed.

[Fraser clark @Clark96Fraser]

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Interested in competition economics and want to use your skills to make a difference? Come work we me and my excellent colleagues in the CMAs econometrics team!

https://t.co/KAm7wWVSYd

[Fraser clark @Clark96Fraser]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Great opportunity for PhD students working on innovation, IO or productivity to join the Competition and Markets Authority's economic research team in Darlington as an intern. 1/2

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

@bancroftian Ah, the 4am rotisserie chicken...

[Giuseppe Cavaliere @CavaliereGiu]

Hi #EconTwitter!

Looking for an impressive (free!) #Econometrics lecture notes?

Check out 👇the October 2023 version of the graduate-level notes (+1300pp.🙃) by Michael Creel (@UABBarcelona).

Very well written, it includes examples in @JuliaLanguage and @gretl_stats.

Don't miss out - really good stuff! ⭐️

Link: https://t.co/CdSMTjyccl

[Ian Bancroft @bancroftian]

Delighted to release my first novel, entitled '#Luka', about four lives scarred by wars past and present, and their struggles to reconcile and forgive. Available on #Kindle, with a printed version in September. Reviews and feedback much appreciated! https://t.co/FcF6EBRxfS

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

@FlorianOswald Brings back memories.....

[Alan Crawford @alcrawfs]

@bancroftian That would be the least of my worries if we were in Everton position!