Ofer Eldar
Ofer Eldar is an associate professor of Law, Economics and Finance at Duke University, where he also serves as a research fellow at the Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative. His research focuses on corporate governance, entrepreneurship, and law & economics.
Inequality
To Make a Difference, Businesses Must Have a Stake in Social Missions
Despite their promises to change the world for the better and remedy social ills, the truth is that corporations are rarely designed...
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Commentary
The Many Faces of Stigler’s Theory of Economic Regulation: Interest Group Politics Still Thrives—But Industry Often Comes Second
Stigler treats industry groups as the heavyweights in regulatory contests. But surprisingly often groups of farmers and workers knock them for a...
Antitrust and Competition
Why the FTC Should Consider Size in Drug Mergers
Large pharmaceutical firms retain their dominance through size-related advantages in three areas: contracting, marketing and selling, and financing. When reviewing pharmaceutical mergers,...
Antitrust and Competition
In FTC vs. Facebook, the Government Lost the First Round. It Could Still Win the Fight.
Despite some compelling allegations, a federal judge dismissed the FTC's antitrust complaint against Facebook due to the agency’s failure to explain how...
Antitrust and Competition
A New Antitrust Under Biden? Lessons From the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
The early history of the Sherman Antitrust Act offers relevant insights to contemporary debates on how to best enforce antitrust laws. In...
Antitrust and Competition
“This Isn’t the Kind of Journalism That Serves Democracy Best”: How Place and Privilege Came to Define American News
In an interview with ProMarket, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Nikki Usher discusses how news in the US came to be...
Commentary
The Incoming Currency War
Four powerful forces—cryptocurrencies, the decoupling of geographical and monetary boundaries, ad-based digital platforms’ foray into the world of platforms, and the value...
Antitrust and Competition
Should Google Still be Allowed to Crown the Kings in Digital Markets?
Google search is continuously evolving into a full service provider, directly selecting and presenting the information that we are looking for. At...
