Competition, Regulation, and Markets Program

BSE Master’s program in Competition, Regulation, and Markets, teaches you the skills in demand at consulting firms and public authorities, including merger simulation, demand estimation and anticompetitive conduct damage estimation.

The program ensures that graduates have both an advanced understanding of the interaction between theory and practice as well as the qualifications necessary for solid placement in the field. In addition, our Master´s program presents students with a learning progression, starting from the basic necessary conceptual frameworks and economic tools, and then introducing core issues in Competition Policy and Market Regulation with the help of leading specialists in each field.

Students will examine real-world competition policy cases and demonstrate how regulation works across specific industries such as digital markets, energy, and telecommunications, and will design and conduct an independent master’s project in their domain.

They will also have a wealth of opportunities to complement their coursework with conferences and seminars in various fields of specialization.

Study with expert practitioners and researchers

Teaching faculty include industry experts such as Massimo Motta, former Chief Competition Economist at the European Commission. Professor Motta has been involved with the Master’s program since its foundation and brings many years of experience both in the classroom and in the practice of competition policy. 

In addition, students learn state-of-the-art quantitative methods from Frank Verboven, a world expert in empirical methods for the measurement of market power and competition, as well as Mar Reguant, a global expert in environmental regulation and electricity markets. Students will also attend lectures with top practitioners such as Carles Esteva Mosso, former Deputy Director-General at DG Competition, who was in charge of Merger Control and State Aids at the European Commission.

Program Structure

Students from this Master´s will be able to choose from different elective courses that are also available in the Economics of Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability Program and the Economics of Public Policy Program. These three programs share the same fundamental basic courses that will provide you with an in-depth knowledge of how economic policy and markets work. At the same time, each program provides its own specialization courses that will make you an expert in one of the specific fields.