Cornerstone Research professionals and affiliated experts are nominated in Concurrences’ annual selection of leading academic and business antitrust and competition articles.
Cornerstone Research professionals and affiliated experts are nominated for the 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards. The awards honour the best articles that were published or accepted for publication in the preceding year.
The Antitrust Writing Awards also recognize Readers’ Choice awards. Voting closes on 3 March 2026; results will be announced on 24 March 2026 at a gala awards ceremony in Washington, DC.
Academic Articles: General Economics
“Upward Pricing Pressure in Mergers Where Prices Are Determined through Joint Bargaining”
Christopher Lau and Keith Brand
The Journal of Industrial Economics, June 2025
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Academic Articles: Concerted Practices
“Are we there yet? The path toward more rigorous predictions of coordinated effects”
Kostis Hatzitaskos and Rashid Muhamedrahimov
Concurrences, March 2025
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Academic Articles: Digital
“Antitrust Economics of Digital Platforms”
Jeffrey Prince and Daniel Sokol
Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming
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Business Articles: Asia & Oceania
“Early-stage economic analysis is increasingly valuable for ACCC merger notifications”
Mark Chicu, Nikhil Gupta, Kostis Hatzitaskos, Avigail Kifer, and Andrew Swan
October 2025
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Business Articles: General Economics
“Economist perspective: recent CAT judgments highlight key considerations for using economic evidence in damages claims”
Anca Cojoc and Nikita Roketskiy
Global Competition Review’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review, June 2025
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Business Articles: General Economics
“Lessons From Empirical Work on Market Dynamics”
Ariel Pakes
The Network Law Review, June 2025
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Articles are judged by a jury based on writing, scholarship, originality, practical relevance and the contribution they make to competition advocacy. The jury comprises leading academics, regulators and practitioners in the global antitrust and competition space.
The awards are organised annually by Concurrences and the George Washington University Law School Competition Law Center.
For more information, visit the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards website.
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