About the Author(s)

Dirk Auer

Director of Competition Policy

Dirk Auer serves as director of competition policy at the International Center for Law & Economics.

Michael D. Gilbert

Michael D. Gilbert is Vice Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Ginger Zhe Jin

Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics
University of Maryland, College Park

Ginger Zhe Jin is an ICLE academic affiliate.

Reiko Aoki

Reiko Aoki is a commissioner of the Japan Fair Trade Commission.

Marc Ivaldi

Professor of Economics
Toulouse School of Economics

Marc Ivaldi is a professor of economics at the Toulouse School of Economics and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.

Koren W. Wong-Ervin

Partner
Jones Day

Koren Wong-Ervin is a partner at Jones Day and a senior fellow at the George Washington University Competition & Innovation Lab.

Related Research Programs

Antitrust

Competitiveness and Innovation

Dirk Auer, Michael D. Gilbert, Ginger Zhe Jin, Reiko Aoki, Marc Ivaldi, & Koren W. Wong-Ervin January 26, 2025

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On Jan. 17, 2025 in Paris, the International Center for Law and Economics’ (ICLE), the European University Institute’s Department of Law, IE Law School Madrid, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam’s Law & Technology Institute presented “Substance Over Slogans: Strengthening the Foundations of Antitrust.”

In a panel moderated by ICLE Director of Competition Policy Dirk Auer, presenters Richard Gilbert (University of California Berkeley) and Ginger Zhe Jin (University of Maryland)—along with discussants Reiko Aoki (Japan Free Trade Commission), Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics), and Koren Wong-Ervin (Jones Day)—examined how antitrust analysis should regard the importance of competitiveness and innovation. Video of the full panel is embedded below.