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Vesa Frijling Consultant
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As a member of Oxera’s Analytics team, Vesa specialises in using advanced data science and programming techniques to provide data-driven economic insights with modern, interactive outputs. He has applied these skills across a wide variety of cases, including energy markets modelling, cartel litigations and merger reviews. Vesa has a particular focus on understanding unsupervised learning algorithms.

Before joining Oxera in 2020, Vesa completed a Master’s degree at the University of Amsterdam, specialising in Markets and Regulation, Behavioural Economics and Game Theory. He has experience as a web developer and as an intern at the Dutch gambling authority, where he provided data analysis.

Vesa speaks English, Dutch, and German.

Tel: +49 (0) 30 7675 99103

Vesa's specialisms include:

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professional experience

  • Provided analysis and advice to a large financial services company during a regulatory investigation (2022–)

  • Provided analysis and advice to a large financial services company during a regulatory investigation (2022–)

  • Optimised charging and discharging patterns and size parameters to minimise the costs of a potential heat storage battery using linear programming (2022)

  • Agent-based simulation analysis of used payment methods for an international payment provider (2021–22)

  • Economic advice and data analysis in a case where a European online travel agent was accused of dominant behaviour through price parity agreements (2021–22)

  • Overcharge analysis in a potential court case against an international game console manufacturer (2021–21)

Qualifications

  • MSc Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  • BSc (Hons) Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Depiction of The Oxera Energy Model: price coupling in the European energy mix

The Oxera Energy Model: price coupling in the European energy mix

Oxera’s new Energy Model enables detailed analysis of a range of future scenarios involving the energy generation mix in Europe. The interactive map below showcases one example relating to price…
Events

Exploring the role of economics in competition and policymaking

Oxera’s team in Spain are hosting an engaging evening of discussion on the role of economics in competition and policymaking, featuring insights from leading voices in academia and industry. The roundtable will cover critical perspectives from competition, energy, industry, and finance. 19.00: Opening remarksCarlos Pascual (Oxera) 19.05–19.20: Keynote speechCani Fernández. Read More

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