Alan Crawford
@alcrawfs.bsky.social
IO economist. Assistant Director of Econometrics at the CMA. Reposts!=endorsements, all views are my own.
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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.
October 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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.
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Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively 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.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively 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.
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Very much second this!
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!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
June 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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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 CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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Our new CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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April 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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 CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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Our new CMA report looks at the data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-policies-new-evidence-for-the-uk
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We are recruiting an Econometrics Adviser. The role would suit someone with a recent PhD (or a masters and some experience), and an interest in empirical IO. This is a unique opportunity to work on high-profile cases and with great data!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
February 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are recruiting an Econometrics Adviser. The role would suit someone with a recent PhD (or a masters and some experience), and an interest in empirical IO. This is a unique opportunity to work on high-profile cases and with great data!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Just a reminder that applications for our funded, joint Oxford-CMA PhD are due in less than a month.
Please drop me a message if you have any questions!
#EconSky
Please drop me a message if you have any questions!
#EconSky
Want to do a funded, joint Oxford-CMA PhD on market power?
Howard Smith (Oxford) and the CMA Microeconomics Unit are looking for promising candidates interested in doing research on the topic of "Beyond markups: understanding changes to competition, concentration, and market power".
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Howard Smith (Oxford) and the CMA Microeconomics Unit are looking for promising candidates interested in doing research on the topic of "Beyond markups: understanding changes to competition, concentration, and market power".
#EconSky
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December 29, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Just a reminder that applications for our funded, joint Oxford-CMA PhD are due in less than a month.
Please drop me a message if you have any questions!
#EconSky
Please drop me a message if you have any questions!
#EconSky
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The ONS today published its latest productivity and business dynamism bulletin. Headline figures: no change year-on-year to average markups, job reallocation or the overall labour productivity distribution.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econ...
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www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econ...
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December 3, 2024 at 10:35 PM
The ONS today published its latest productivity and business dynamism bulletin. Headline figures: no change year-on-year to average markups, job reallocation or the overall labour productivity distribution.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econ...
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www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econ...
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