Navigant Economics, a subsidiary of Navigant Consulting, provides economic and financial analysis of legal and business issues to law firms, corporations and government agencies. Our experts are leading academic and industry professionals with backgrounds in economics, accounting, finance and public policy. We serve clients engaged in litigation, regulatory proceedings, policy debates, and strategic planning.
Our analyses are grounded in economic theory and guided by the latest scholarly research. We base expert advice and testimony on an in-depth understanding of the relevant facts combined with application of economic theory and supported by rigorous empirical analysis.
Many of the consulting professionals of Navigant Economics are affiliated with leading academic institutions, including The University of Chicago, Georgetown University, Northwestern University, George Mason University School of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and University of Virginia. In addition to our full-time professional staff, we maintain relationships with a wide range of academic affiliates and expert consultants, including distinguished professors engaged in relevant economic and financial research and former top-level government officials. Our experts are closely involved in each engagement – a key to better service and better results – and they are supported by staff experienced in the theory and application of state-of-the-art models in economic and financial analysis.
Navigant Economics was formed in January 2010 through the combination of two highly respected economic consulting firms – Chicago Partners and Empiris.
Our practice areas include:
» Antitrust and Competition Analysis
» Auctions and Market Design
» Class Certification
» Communications and the Internet
» Consumer Protection
» Damages
» Discrimination/Labor
» Finance, Securities Litigation and Valuation
» Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
» Intellectual Property |
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The opinions expressed in these papers and articles reflect the views and the work of the authors rather than the views of the institution. Navigant Economics takes pride in the independence of its Experts and thus their views, their research on behalf of Clients, and their final analyses which support their expert opinions.
May 17, 2012
Michael Hartzmark, Navigant Economics Managing Director, and Nejat Seyhun, Navigant Economics Affiliate and the Jerome B. & Eilene M. York Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan, recently published an article in the Virginia Law and Business Review. They analyzed the caveats associated with using event studies to prove cause and effect in securities class certification matters. They also introduced an innovative empirical test – a “reverse event study” – to help properly determine whether a security trades in an efficient market.
March 8, 2012
Cathy Niden, Navigant Economics Managing Director will be a guest speaker at ErisaFest 2012 on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Dr. Niden will be joined by Robert Rachal and Myron Rumeld of Proskauer Rose. The tile of the session is "The Implications of Wal-Mart v. Dukes in ERISA Litigation and Other Class Action Issues."
March 6, 2012
Navigant Economics is hosting a reception during the 2012 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting on March 29, 2012, 6-7:30 p.m., at the JW Marriott (Salon F) in Washington, D.C. If you are planning to attend the conference and would like to join us for an evening of cocktails and live music, please contact Katia Naamo at katia.naamo@naviganteconomics.com or by phone at 202.973.2464.
February 8, 2012
Michael Hartzmark, Navigant Economics Managing Director, and Nejat Seyhun, Navigant Economics Affiliate and the Jerome B. & Eilene M. York Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan, recently published an article in the Columbia Business Law Review. Entitled "Fraud on the Market: Analysis of the Efficiency of the Corporate Bond Market", the paper involves an analyses of bond market efficiency in the context of a recent court decision concerning allegations of securities fraud perpetrated by the American International Group. The salient differences between the stock market and the corporate bond market are analyzed and discussed in light of the court's view of the empirical evidence presented.
January 26, 2012
The Milken Institute Review published a book review by Navigant Economics Managing Director Hal Singer on Tim Wu's Master Switch. In his review, Dr. Singer analyzes Mr. Wu's assessment of vertical integration in media industries, and he critiques Mr. Wu's prescription of a "separations principle" that would separate the ownership of content and distribution. Dr. Singer draws on his experience in program-carriage disputes in the cable television industry to suggest an alternative approach to regulating discrimination on the Internet. Click here for more news. |
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