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James Traina

James Traina is a PhD candidate in financial economics at the University of Chicago. His research studies the macroeconomics of competition and technology.
Antitrust and Competition

How Practical Are Biden’s Proposals to Promote Labor Market Competition?

James Traina
A new report from the Biden administration lays out ways to increase competition in US labor markets. Will they work? A Biden administration report, published...
Antitrust and Competition

How the Rise of Labor Market Power Helps Explain the Fall of US Manufacturing Employment

James Traina
A new working paper explores the increase in labor market power in the US and what’s driving it. It shows manufacturing workers were paid...
Antitrust and Competition

What Current Research (Still) Gets Wrong about Market Power

James Traina
Two much-discussed new studies argue that market power is on the rise not only in the United States, but also around the world. Here,...
Antitrust and Competition

Are Markups Increasing?

James Traina
A new Stigler Center paper challenges recent research on market power in the US, showing that markups did not increase over the last few...

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