Introduction (to CRESSE Special Issue of RIO)

CRESSE is an informal network of academics and professionals with an interest in Competition Policy and Sectoral Regulation. It was initiated in 2005, and since then it has organized an annual Conference in Greece with the support of a Scientific Committee that is composed of Joe Harrington, Yannis Katsoulacos, Pierre Regibeau, Patrick Rey, Tom Ross, and David Ulph. Since its inception, CRESSE (www.​cresse.​info) has grown to become an important annual event worldwide in the competition and regulation conference calendar. The Advisory Board of CRESSE includes Frederic Jenny, Bill Kovacic, Aviv Nevo, and Howard Shelansky. In recent years CRESSE has also been responsible for the organization or co-organization of a number of Policy Review Workshops and Conferences in many developing countries, including Brazil, Chile, China, India, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam (for the APEC countries).