Victor Pavón-Villamayor
Dr. Pavón-Villamayor is an economist with areas of expertise in competition policy and economic regulation.
He got his B.A. in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from the National University of Mexico and his M.Phil. and
Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford University. As official at the Mexican Telecommunications Commission (19992000), he was in charge of the economic evaluation of network interconnection rates for the national
telecommunications industry. In the area of competition policy, he was an antitrust economist (2006-2008)
within the European Competition Policy Practice of the firm "Law and Economics Consulting Group" (LECG) in
Brussels, Belgium. During his time as competition consultant, Dr. Pavón-Villamayor was engaged in projects in
industries as airlines, software, intellectual property, energy and telecommunications. During 2008-2009, Dr.
Pavón-Villamayor was hired by ITAM as an external Senior Advisor on Regulatory Reform & Competition for
the Mexican Ministry of Economics, where he was in charge of reviewing and proposing regulatory reforms in
key sectors of the economy in order to improve its competitiveness. He has been an antitrust consultant for the
OECD, USAID and the United Nations.
After a short stint as antitrust consultant at GEA (Economists & Associates Group), Dr. Pavón-Villamayor held
the position of Director-General at the Presidency of the Federal Telecommunications Commission of Mexico
(2010-2011), where he provided policy advice in areas as network interconnection, cost models, transition to
digital television, liberalization of FDI restrictions, spectrum policy and asymmetric regulation to firms with
market power. In the period 2011-2013, Dr. Pavón-Villamayor was Director-General for Economic Regulation
at the same regulatory authority and his work involved the design of asymmetric regulation for firms with
market power in several telecommunications markets and the design of an optimal regulatory framework to
foster the entry and growth of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Mexico. Dr. Pavón-Villamayor has
taught economics, antitrust and economic regulation in institutions as Oxford University, London Metropolitan
Business School, ITAM and CIDE.
Currently, Dr. Pavón-Villamayor teaches economics at El Colegio de México and holds the position of DirectorGeneral at “Oxford Economics”, the first think tank in Mexico devoted to the analysis, discussion and
counseling of competition and regulatory policies implemented in Mexico and Latin America.
Articles
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Telecomunicaciones, Radiodifusión y Competencia Económica, Este País (2013)
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Merger Control Reform in Brazil, Antitrust Chronicle (2011)
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Margin Squeeze in Mexican Mobile Telecommunications, Antitrust Chronicle (2011)
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Competition Law Reform in Mexico: A Note on Joint Dominance, Antitrust Chronicle (2010)
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On Refusals to Deal in the European Competition Regime, Revista de Derecho de la
Competencia (2009)
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Policy Briefs
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La Reforma de Poder Sustancial de Mercado Conjunto en México (2010)
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Sanciones Económicas y Compensación de Daños en el Régimen de Competencia
Mexicano (2009)
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Crisis Económica y Política de Competencia en México (2009)
Contributions to Books
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Reforming at a Time of Crisis: The Mexican Experience 1994-1995 & 2008-2009,Regulatory
Reform for Recovery: Lessons from Implementation During Crises (2010)
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Collusion in Convergent Markets, Competition Law and Policy in Latin America (2009)
Popular Press
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Competencia en Tarjetas de Crédito, Forbes (2013)
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Reformando las Telecomunicaciones, Forbes (2013)
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Mexicana de Aviación ¿Rescate o Transferencia?, CNN-Expansión (2010)
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Los Enredos por la Fibra Oscura, CNN-Expansión (2010)
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Complicaciones de la Ley de Competencia, CNN-Expansión (2010)
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Newspaper Articles
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Khodorkovsky & la Génesis de los Mercados en Rusia, Capital de México (2013)
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Preponderancia: Telcel & Televisa, Capital de México (2013)
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Must-Carry en TV Satelital, Capital de México (2013)
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Tribunales Especializados en México, Capital de México (2013)
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Google, Antitrust & Schumpeter, Capital de México (2013)
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Presentations & Interviews
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Reglas de Competencia en el Sector de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión, Senado de la
República, México (2013)
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Integración de Nuevos Organismos Reguladores, "Capital de México" Newspaper (2013)
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Comisionados & Órganos Reguladores, "Capital de México" Newspaper (2013)
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Complicaciones del Apagón Analógico, "Capital de México" Newspaper (2013)
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Temas
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