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Antitrust and Competition

The “Conspiracy” of Consumer Welfare Theory

Darren Bush
Matt Stoller argues there was a conspiracy. It was more of an association with a singular purpose. In April, Matt Stoller argued that a 1980...
Antitrust and Competition

Researchers Find Reduced Competition After Pandemic

Brooke Fox
The chart of the week comes from a new research paper that documents the increase in small business closures during the Covid pandemic, which...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Design Data Protection Laws That Actually Work 

Filippo Lancieri
More and more countries are passing data protection laws, yet empirical studies show that these laws rarely deliver on their promises. A new paper...
Antitrust and Competition

Are Monopolists or Cartels the True Source of Anticompetitive US Political Power?

Herbert Hovenkamp
Trade associations are often the biggest obstacles to competitive markets, especially when those organizations use their influence to change public policy in their favor. Dana...
Antitrust and Competition

The Uber Files Reveal The Risk of Private Interests Controlling Our Data

Greg Erhardt
Researchers discovered that the introduction of Uber had negative impacts on transportation, findings that required cooperation with public authorities when Uber refused to share...
Antitrust and Competition

Google’s Anticompetitive Conduct and the Remedies to Prevent It

Utsav Gandhi
The Stigler Center, of which ProMarket is a part, recently hosted a panel discussion looking at the antitrust case against Google and discussing potential...
Academic Capture

“Uber Has Higher Prices and Worse Service Than the Taxi Industry Had Ten Years Ago”

Asher Schechter
Following the Uber Files leaks, transportation expert Hubert Horan explains why Uber is “hopelessly uneconomic” and how its engagement with policymakers and academics aided...
Antitrust and Competition

The FTC Should Quickly Issue New Section 5 Enforcement Guidelines

Steven Salop
Unfair methods of competition are prohibited by Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act. The FTC has withdrawn the existing guidelines regarding...
Antitrust and Competition

The Understated Relationship Between Market Dominance and Political Influence

Dana Foarta
A new model explains the feedback loop between monopolies and politicians and the unexpected developments in the relationships between the two, as well as...
Antitrust and Competition

The Critiques Against the American Innovation and Choice Online Act Miss the Mark

Aaron Schur
In an opinion piece, Yelp’s general counsel Aaron Schur argues that recent criticisms against the bill, which the Senate is expected to vote on,...
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