Dr. Dutra works on issues involving antitrust, competition, and merger cases in various countries and industries.
Washington, DC
Jéssica Dutra works with antitrust and competition over a wide range of industries, including healthcare, natural gas, copyright, and music. She specializes in the application of economic principles and state of the art quantitative methods in the context of litigation and damage calculation.
Dr. Dutra has taught advanced undergraduate courses in the economics of antitrust, industrial organization, and microeconomics at the University of Kansas. She is continuously engaged in both the academic and practitioner environments, serving on the American Bar Association, delivering presentations at economics conferences, publishing and peer reviewing papers on academic journals.
She is fluent in Portuguese and English, and advanced French and Spanish.
The US Music Industries: Jobs & Benefits — 2024 Report
Robert Stoner and Jéssica Dutra have recently published The U.S. Music Industries: Jobs & Benefits—2024 Report for the Recording Industry Association of America where we measure the music industries’ economic impact nationwide, which overall contribute $212 billion to the GDP and account for 2.5 million jobs.
Jéssica Dutra and Pablo Varas Contribute to “2023 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments”
Jéssica Dutra and Pablo Varas were contributors to the recently published “2023 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments” from ABA Antitrust Law Section. For over 40 years, the publication and its annual supplements have been recognized as the most authoritative and comprehensive research tools for antitrust practitioners. The 2023 Edition summarizes developments during 2023 in the courts, at the agencies, and in Congress.
Difference-in-Differences Renaissance and Implications for Antitrust Economic Analyses
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section has published the article “Difference-in-Differences Renaissance and Implications for Antitrust Economic Analyses” by Director Jéssica Dutra.