Abel Moreira Mateus
“I have over 30 years of experience in microeconomics and competition economics, both in application and teaching. As president of the competition authority, I created an institution that immediately received world-wide recognition, and also led case work in anti-competitive practices and mergers and acquisitions. Some of these cases had a fundemental impact on the Portuguese economy, namely in the telecom, banking, and energy sectors. My world-wide experience in advising competition authorities and consulting for lawfirms gives me the credentials to help clients in building a more competitive economy.”
First President of the Portuguese Competition Authority.
Head of the European Competition Network.
Senior Researcher at Instituto Ciências Políticas da Universidade Catolica Portuguesa.
Senior Fellow at University College of London.
Executive Director at EBRD.
Deputy Governor of the Banco de Portugal.
Member of the Monetary Committee.
Member of the Economic Policy Committee of the European Commission.
Founder and Professor of Economics at Nova-School of Business and Economics.
Consultant on Competition Policy for UNCTAD, European Commission and UNDP working in several countries in Europe and Africa.
Senior Economist at the World Bank. Worked with several North African and Latin American countries. As Member of the Board of the Banco de Portugal was, for six years, responsible for the monetary policy and bringing the country to the Euro. Worked as an adviser on monetary policy and banking reform for the World Bank and IMF in Korea, Mozambique, Cape Verde and Serbia.
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Taught courses at New York University, University of Maryland, University College of London, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and gave seminars at universities around the world.
Author of over 20 books and hundreds of articles.
Member of the Editorial Board of the European Competition Journal. Refereed articles for competition journals such as World Competition.
Select publications
Regulation in Portugal. Editorial Alathea, 2022
Competition Law and Policy: Law Approximation to EU Standards in the Republic of Moldova, with E. Stuart, A project funded by the European Union, Chisinau, 2009
Competition Law and Economics, Advances in Competition Policy Enforcement in EU and North America, with Teresa Moreira (Ed.), Edward Elgar, 2010
Orçamento, Economia e Democracia, with André Azevedo Alves, Catarina Leão, José Tavares, Francesco Franco e Rita Pires, FFMS, 2018
Economic Development: The Critical Role of Competition Law and Policy (2 volumes), with Eleanor Fox, Edward Elgar, 2011
Competition Law and Economics, Advances in Competition Policy and Antitrust Enforcement, with Teresa Moreira, Kluwer Law International, 2006
Oligarchies, competition and development, Chapter 5 in Reconciling Efficiency and Equity: A Global Challenge for Competition Policy (Global Competition Law and Economics Policy). Gerard, D., & Lianos, I. (Eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019
Competition and development: towards an institutional foundation for competition enforcement, World Competition, 2010
Ensuring a more level playing field in competition enforcement throughout the European Union, European Competition Law Review, 2010
After the crisis: reforming financial regulation in the EU and US, Revista do Instituto Estudos Financeiros, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Direito, 2010. Reprinted in Review of Law and Financial Markets, India, 2011
Financial Crisis and State Aid in the EU, European Competition Journal, 2009
Antitrust in the New US Administration: a transatlantic view, with Ioannis Lianos, Global Competition Policy, 2009
A New Vision for European Energy Policy, in B. Hawk Fordham University International Conference in Competition Law, ed. New York, 2008
Why Should National Competition Authorities be Independent. European Competition Journal, 2007
Online publications