Portrait of Thomas Dowson

Thomas Dowson Consultant

Thomas is a Consultant in Oxera’s Competition team, with previous experience at RBB Economics. His work spans antitrust litigation and merger assessment, with sector experience including newspaper printing, trucks, and veterinary services.

Thomas has worked with high-profile clients including Daily Mail and General Trust and Scania. He holds an MSc in Economics from University College London (UCL), where he specialised in microeconomics, industrial organisation, and behavioural economics.

Thomas speaks English.

Tel: +44 20 8129 2286

Thomas' specialisms include:

Selected
professional experience

  • Economic analysis of regulatory cost–benefit analysis for London Stock Exchange Group (2025–26)

  • Advised Mastercard on a UK regulatory investigation (2026–)

  • Quantitative assessment of damages and economic support to Scania in the Trucks Wave 2 proceedings (2024–25)

  • Advised Daily Mail and General Trust regarding a national printing press joint venture, leading to a CMA Phase 1 clearance decision (2023–24)

  • Advised a major UK veterinary services provider regarding multiple local mergers (2023–24)

  • Ex post review of European Commission merger decisions (2023)

Qualifications

  • MSc Economics, University College London (UCL), UK

  • BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Warwick, UK

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Depiction of When does a discount become deceptive? An economic framework for the regulation of reference pricing

When does a discount become deceptive? An economic framework for the regulation of reference pricing

The use of ‘reference’ pricing—where a previous (or future) ‘was’ price is displayed alongside the current ‘now’ price to indicate a discount for customers—is a common feature across digital and…

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