Lisa Phelan spoke to Global Competition
Review about the Organisation of Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)'s launch of seven projects examining the
impact of gender on antitrust analysis, including research into
whether collusion levels differ between men and women.
Lisa said the OECD's initiative is critical, and will help
the antitrust community understand the degree to which existing
gender inequality in society has restricted competition analysis by
limiting who is in "the room where it happens," how
markets are defined, and where competition policy resources are
placed.
She added that the initiative will also likely shed light on the
degree to which an existing lack of gender inclusiveness in
competition analysis may have contributed to the creation or
maintenance of gender inequality in society.
