Jakob Schneebacher
@j_schneebacher
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Economist @CMAgovUK interested in firms, productivity, markets, management and growth. Previously @ONS, @OxfordEconDept and @NuffieldCollege. All views my own.
London, UK.
Joined March 2020
How has competition changed across the UK economy over the past two decades? The @CMAgovUK has just released our report on the state of UK competition. Let me pick out a few key narratives. 1/
We’ve launched our new #Microeconomics Unit Growth Programme to support the government’s #growth mission + Industrial Strategy. This follows our third State of Competition report, published today, which looks at how well competition is working in the UK.
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RT @toxvaerd1: Registration now open for the CMA-UKRI Workshop on Market Power in Supply Chains on February 14th. In person @CMAgovUK or on…
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Flavio put a stellar programme together for the 4th @CambridgeIMS @CMAgovUK Symposium on Competition Policy. More info in the tweet below.
Program for 4th @CambridgeIMS @CMAgovUK Symposium on Competition Policy now out! Takes place on March 10th, 2025 @janewayinst @BennettInst #EconTwitter #CompetitionPolicy Confirmed speakers: Fiona Scott Morton Hans Zenger Yossi Spiegel Giacomo Calzolari Griet Jans Paul Heidhues
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RT @toxvaerd1: The Microeconomics Unit at the @CMAgovUK is a truly wonderful initiative, doing great work and going to great lengths to eng…
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RT @arthurturrell: @CMAgovUK a fantastic example of how it is NOT impossible for Civil Service institutions to produce excellent, policy-re…
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In addition, we have held workshops at Durham and City, hosted a stellar cast of researchers through our seminars, and engaged with government colleagues in ways big and small. Thanks to all for their time, Happy New Year and I am excited for what we have in store for 2025. 7/7
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RT @fetzert: Its been an insane 2024 with ups and unfortunately also a major down. I learned a lot about "informational boundaries" & the r…
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RT @fetzert: @austinlwright @olivervdeynde @Prashant_Garg_ @EleAla @edenhofer_jacob In September, we released work with @j_schneebacher & @…
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Just a reminder that applications for our funded, joint @OxfordEconDept-@CMAgovUK PhD are due in less than a month. Please drop me or @howardwsmith a message if you have any questions!
Want to do a funded, joint @OxfordEconDept-@CMAgovUK PhD on market power? @howardwsmith and the CMA Microeconomics Unit are looking for promising candidates interested in working on "Beyond markups: understanding changes to competition, concentration, and market power". 1/2
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RT @conlon_chris: This was a fun project (and the shortest paper I've ever written). Glad to finally see it "in print".
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RT @fetzert: that in the IMF DGI falls under an own category, the work with @PalmouChristina and @j_schneebacher is most relevant. After ar…
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RT @fetzert: This is a longer thread to connect some dots. It is so obvious to some to understand what "went wrong" in 2000s/2010s but as I…
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RT @ESCoEorg: Congratulations to ESCoE PhD student @PalmouChristina and ESCoE Research Associate @j_schneebacher who won an @ONSfocus Resea…
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RT @Afinetheorem: What I want are benchmarks for human plus AI performance! In the real world all tasks are done in teams, w/ capital. When…
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