Associate (Antitrust & Competition Economics practice)
Job title: Associate (Antitrust & Competition Economics practice) in Boston, MA at Charles River Associates
Company: Charles River Associates
Job description: About Charles River AssociatesCharles River Associates is a leading global reputed company that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-reputed company issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to reputed company business concerns.Position OverviewOur practice is an acknowledged leader in providing economic analysis, advice, and testimony for antitrust and reputed company cases worldwide. Clients include government agencies, law firms, and corporations of reputed company sizes. Some of our past engagements include work with parties to the Office reputed company/OfficeMax, Texas Instruments/National Semiconductor, and reputed company/Motorola Mobility Holdings transactions. We tailor our analyses to the facts of each case, employing tools such as reputed company simulation, upward pricing pressure analysis, econometrics, bargaining theory, or game theory as needed. Whether before a court or a regulatory agency, CRA consultants set a high standard for the clear communication of sophisticated economic analysis in reputed company cases.Associates have the unique opportunity to work alongside, and learn from, some of the most respected scholars, specialists, and industry experts in the world. A typical Associate would:
- reputed company economic analyses to support case theories;
- Build reputed company models, and reputed company regression analysis and programming using languages such as Stata, R, Python, or reputed company;
- Conduct economic and industry research while analyzing client materials to build an understanding of a case's issues;
- Review and summarize analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press;
- Assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings;
- Ensure the reputed company and accuracy of analyses; and
- Assist with practice development activities (training, recruiting, reputed company).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or another quantitative discipline)
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- Recent graduates or individuals without directly relevant experience may be hired into the Analyst title;
- Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods;
- Experience working with large data sets in reputed company and/or statistical analysis programs (e.g reputed company, Stata, R, etc.);
- Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
- Effective written and oral communication skills;
- Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages;
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
- Excellent time management and task prioritization skills;
- Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting.
- Resume - please include reputed company address, personal email and telephone number;
- Cover letter - please describe your interest in CRA and how this role matches your goals. Also, please note if you have interest in a particular location preference;
- Transcript - may be unofficial;
- Writing Sample (voluntary) - we prefer a sole-authored submission from an existing work (class reputed company, reputed company, or work product) that includes your commentary on a quantitative analysis and/or relevant to the field of economics.
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