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Seven Articles from BRG Experts Shortlisted for Concurrences 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards
January 13, 2026

Seven articles from BRG experts have been shortlisted for the Concurrences 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards across categories including economics, antitrust, concerted practices, and mergers.
Read and vote for our articles (voting will close March 3):
- “A Tale of Two Stakeholder Groups: in Regulating Healthcare AI,” coauthored by Arpita Patnaik, is nominated for Best Business Article – General Economics. Read the article and vote.
- “Algorithmic Pricing, Market Outcomes, and Antitrust Concerns: Lessons from Recent Literature,” by Hassan Faghani, is nominated for Best Academic Article – General Economics. Read the article and vote.
- “Buyer Power, Labor Markets, and the Future of Competition Policy,” by Konstantin Ebinger and Lawrence Krug (first published in ThinkSet‘s spring 2025 “Antitrust Across the Atlantic” issue), is nominated for Best Business Article – General Antitrust. Read the article and vote.
- “Can Exchanges of Anonymized Disaggregated Data Facilitate Collusion?” by Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz, Albert Metz, Pedro Erdei-Gonzaga, and Benjamin Wagner, is nominated for Best Academic Article – Concerted Practices. Read the article and vote.
- “Demand in Mobile Application Markets and the Role of Top Charts Ranking,” by Benedetta Gianola, is nominated for Best Academic Article – General Economics. Read the article and vote.
- “How Competing in Multiple Markets Can Affect Merger Assessment,” by Francisco Espinosa and Joanna Franaszek (first published in ThinkSet‘s spring 2025 issue), is nominated for Best Business Article – Mergers. Read the article and vote.
- “Public Procurement as an Innovation Policy: Where do we stand?” coauthored by Leonardo Giuffrida, is nominated for Best Academic Article – General Economics. Read the article and vote.
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Arpita Patnaik
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