Immediate Opening – Researcher – Antitrust
For nearly half a century, NERA's economists have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world's leading law firms and corporations. We bring academic rigor, objectivity, and real world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation.
NERA's clients value our ability to apply and communicate state-of-the-art approaches clearly and convincingly, our commitment to deliver unbiased findings, and our reputation for quality and independence. Our clients rely on the integrity and skills of our unparalleled team of economists and other experts backed by the resources and reliability of one of the world's largest economic consultancies. With its main office in New York City, NERA serves clients from over 20 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
We have openings for a full-time researcher in the Antitrust practice in our New York City office. Our consulting teams in this practice employ economic theory and quantitative methods, grounded in a thorough understanding of the market, to provide a full range of theoretical and empirical economic analysis and testimony in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, and competition policy. We advise companies and their attorneys, as well as governments and regulators throughout the world on investigations of alleged monopolization, abuse of dominant position, and market power. We analyze the entire range of economic issues that arise in antitrust cases, including market definition and market power, market structure and entry conditions, pricing and other conduct affecting competition, profitability and damages, and the appropriateness of class certification. NERA's expertise includes assessing and, when appropriate, testifying to the economic merits of allegations of foreclosure and exclusionary conduct, tying and bundling, refusals to deal, vertical restraints, collusive behavior, essential facilities, and anticompetitive pricing behavior in the context of the facts relevant to particular matters.
Qualifications
We are seeking recent graduates, with a BA or BS in a quantitative field, who enjoy solving analytical and empirical problems and have exceptional creative and critical thinking skills, as well as excellent oral and written communications skills. Those with coursework and/or experience in economics, econometrics/regression analysis, engineering, statistics, applied math, finance, accounting, computer programming, and the ability to use statistical software, such as SAS or Stata, are most desirable. We will consider candidates with 1-2 years of experience.
Our consultants' work includes building quantitative models; analysing industry trends and competition; academic research; creating intuitive presentation materials for complex analysis; drafting expert reports; writing code for complex data analysis; and participating in client meetings. NERA provides a challenging and rewarding professional experience with competitive compensation and benefits. Overtime is expected, as needed, to meet client deadlines. Our research staff travel less than 10% of the time. We promote from within, and do not have an up-or-out policy in career development. To help meet the demands of the position, we support both personal and professional growth. Elements of our program include a comprehensive orientation program, skill enhancement training sessions, and formal performance evaluations twice a year.
For immediate consideration, please visit the Career section of our website (http://www.nera.com/), and apply to the position by creating your personal profile and submitting your resume, cover letter, and unofficial transcript.
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