Dr Michael Rauber joined E.CA Economics in December 2014 after three years in the Chief Economist team at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and, more recently, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Michael has extensive experience in competition economics and was previously the assistant director of the CMA’s research and evaluation unit. Prior to that he was a consultant advising clients on a wide range of economic issues and econometrics in PwC’s economics practices in London and Berlin. Michael holds a doctoral degree from the University of Konstanz with a focus on empirical economics. Prior to joining PwC, Michael held a postdoctoral position at the University College London (UCL), doing research in applied econometrics.