LAMA Economic Research
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About LAMA Economic Research

LAMA Economic Research  provides economic research to advance the understanding of fast evolving markets, inform regulation, antitrust, and market investigations, and achieve policy goals in ways that protect innovation and productivity.

Specialization

Antitrust and Competition Policy

Antitrust and Competition Policy

Antitrust and Competition Policy

  • Analysis of competitive dynamics in innovation and technology markets
  • Competitive assessment of business conduct in innovative or platform settings

Regulation

Antitrust and Competition Policy

Antitrust and Competition Policy

  • Analysis of optimal regulatory design for dynamic and innovative markets
  • Impact assessments of regulatory measures and legislation

Business Models

Antitrust and Competition Policy

Business Models

  • Research of new business models around platforms and joint production
  • Analysis of novel forms of value generation 
  • Documenting the organization of production around data 

LAMA Economic Research is led by Dr Eliana Garces. It provides a multi-disciplinary approach and partners with technology and business experts to produce relevant economic analysis based on business realities.

Dr. Eliana Garces is an economist with deep public and private sector  experience in antitrust and regulation both in the US and Europe. Her experience includes serving in the Chief Economist Team at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition and acting as Deputy Chief Economist in the EC Directorate-General for Internal Market and Industry.  Her consulting experience includes mergers and conduct cases in telecoms, media, industrial, retail, financial, and technology sectors. She served as Director for Economic Policy in a big technology company and she has advised large technology firms on regulatory matters. She is recognized as an expert in the economic analysis of new digital business models as well as on regulation in innovative sectors . She is the co-author of the widely used book Quantitative Techniques for Competition and Antitrust Analysis. 

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of California at Los Angeles and is a Senior Fellow at the Competition & Innovation Lab, Institute for Public Policy, The George Washignton University.


egarces@lama-econ.com

+1 (202) 868 7926

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