type here...

Aline Blankertz

Aline Blankertz is an applied economist based in Berlin. She works as Tech Economy Lead at Rebalance Now, a German anti-monopoly organization. She has analyzed competition and markets mostly in the digital sector at various civil society organizations, and until April 2022 at the economic consultancy Oxera.
Antitrust and Competition

The European Commission Can and Must Act on Excessive Pricing

Aline Blankertz
The European Commission has struggled to tackle excessive prices in Europe, despite evidence of how they arise in relation to market power. Aline Blankertz, Todd Davies, Justine Haekens, and Nicholas Shaxson argue that adopting accounting and financial analysis as part of its toolkit can enable the Commission to understand and act when firms are exploiting their market power.

Latest news

View All

The publication of the Stigler Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

ProMarket is dedicated to discussing how competition tends to be subverted by special interests. The posts represent the opinions of their writers, not necessarily those of the University of Chicago, the Booth School of Business, or its faculty. For more information, please visit ProMarket Policy.