The implementation of a new STATA econometric software package procured by the Commission for Protection of Competition, along with an E-Views software license upgrade, utilizing funds provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will ensure more efficient use of econometric analyses in cases pending before the Commission.

Economists employed by the Commission for Protection of Competition have initiated the software training courses. The training sessions are organized in series, one dedicated to the STATA general theoretical training and the other to empirical research based on the CPC data collected in a currently ongoing sector inquiry into the food products retail market.

As a result of the two-year project “Capacity Building for the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition” approved by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in addition to the software concerned, the Commission has also procured necessary hardware equipment which will be utilized in related econometric analyses.