About
Cameron Birchall provides expert analysis and advice to clients on antitrust, competition, and regulatory issues. This includes the competitive and efficiency effects of proposed mergers and regulations, as well as competition issues in collective proceedings and market investigations.
Dr. Birchall’s antitrust experience spans mergers, collective proceedings, and market investigations across several industries, including retail fuel, energy, and inshore fishing for mergers. For collective proceedings and market investigations, his experience covers veterinary services and internet search. Dr. Birchall has also advised on auction design for a large agricultural cooperative.
His work has led to reports submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority and the Office of Communication (in the UK) and the New Zealand Commerce Commission, Australian Energy Regulator, and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (outside the UK).
Dr. Birchall has an academic background in empirical industrial organization. His thesis applied empirical models from industrial organization to problems in resource economics and retail markets. As a result, he has expertise in demand estimation, retail pricing, public choice problems, and the pricing of tradeable permits. Dr. Birchall’s research has been published in leading academic journals, such as the Review of Economics and Statistics.
Education
- PhD in economics, KU Leuven University
- MSc in economics, magna cum laude, KU Leuven University
- BSc in economics and statistics, Victoria University of Wellington