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Nicholas M. Kreisle

Nicholas M. Kreisle

Deputy Assistant Director

Bureau, Office or Division

Antitrust

Phone

(202) 326-2313

Email Address

nkreisle@ftc.gov

Selected Publications

"Economics at the FTC: Fertilizer, Consumer Complaints, and Private Label Cereal," with Andrew Sweeting, David J. Balan, Matthew T. Panhans, and Devesh Raval, Review of Industrial Organization, 2020.
"Simulating a Homogeneous Product Merger: A Case Study on Model Fit and Performance," with Daniel J. Greenfield and Mark D. Williams, FTC Working Paper 327, 2015.
"Merger Policy at the Margin: Western Refining’s Acquisition of Giant Industries," Review of Industrial Organization, 2015.
"Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Comment, with Christopher Taylor and Paul Zimmerman, American Economic Review, 2010.
"Accounting for Laws that Apply Differently to the United States Postal Service and Its Private Competitors," 2007.
"Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases," 2006.
"Municipal Provision of Wireless Internet," 2006.

Selected Presentations

Impact Evaluation of Merger Decisions. OECD Competition Committee Roundtable. Paris, France (2011)
Proving Market Power in Conduct Cases. Competition Economics Regional Training Conference. Budapest, Hungary (2010)
Economic Analysis of Horizontal Restraints. USAID Technical Assistance Mission. Baku, Azerbaijan (2006)

Selected Casework

Facebook, Inc., In the Matter of

Evonik/PeroxyChem, In the Matter of

Agrium Inc., Potash Corporation, and Nutrien Ltd., In the Matter of

Steris/Synergy Health

CoreLogic, Inc., In the Matter of

Foster, Paul L., Western Refining, Inc., and Giant Industries, Inc.

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd., et al.

Meta/Zuckerberg/Within, In the Matter of

Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics Operations LLC, In the Matter of

Selected Reports

The FTC's Merger Remedies 2006-2012: A Report of the Bureaus of Competition and Economics

Accounting for Laws That Apply Differently to the United States Postal Service and Its Private Competitors: A Report By the Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases: A Commission Report to Congress

FTC Staff Report Concerning Municipal Provision of Wireless Internet

Education

Northwestern University

PhD Economics

2004

Emory University

BA Mathematics and Economics

1997

Fields of Interest

Industrial Organization
Antitrust
Petroleum

Professional Experience

Deputy Assistant Director
Federal Trade Commission
2023-Present

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2004-2023

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