antitrust and competition
The United States: An Exceptional Case? A Webinar With Stephen Haber, Richard R. John, and Luigi Zingales
Many see the US as a land where free markets and antitrust enforcement have historically kept monopolies under control. But is that really the...
Regulators Turn Their Attention Towards Apple’s Exploitation of App Developers. Now What?
Congress could level the playing field for independent app developers by looking to regulatory templates in music.
Last week, the European Commission announced it was...
At the Heart of the European Commission’s Investigations of Apple Is a Basic Question: How Should Apple Make Money?
Just like Spotify, Apple has amassed an installed base of users. Spotify sells its users to advertisers while Apple sells its users to app...
Was the 2017 FCC Spectrum Auction a Success—or a Disappointing Failure?
In a post published on his company’s website, Stanford professor Paul Milgrom responded to the recent ProMarket pieces by Glen Weyl and Stefano Feltri...
AT&T’s Treatment of HBO Max Sparks Calls for Net Neutrality Rules. But Is Sector-Specific Regulation the Right Solution?
Not all forms of self-preferencing should be banned, but we do need a standard by which to evaluate allegations of anticompetitive self-preferencing. Congress should...
Covid-19 and Amazon’s Future: a Webinar With Stacy Mitchell, Steven Kaplan, and Jacob Schlesinger
As part of the Stigler Center’s Political Economy of Covid-19 Series of online programming, which explores the economic and political implications of Covid-19 with...
It Is Such a Small World: The Market-Design Academic Community Evolved in a Business Network
Private equity funds such as Michael Dell's MSD Capital made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from the 2017 FCC spectrum auction, thanks...
The Death of Independent Podcasting: What Spotify Is Trying to Do With the Joe Rogan Deal
Spotify is gaining power over podcast distribution by either buying production directly or striking exclusive deals, as it did with Rogan. Once it has...
Amazon-Owned Movie Theaters: the Next Step in Entertainment Industry Consolidation
Amazon is in talks to buy AMC Theaters, whose business model was jeopardized by the coronavirus pandemic. Other streaming companies, such as Disney and...
Here’s How Covid-19 Is Boosting Monopolization and Market Power
Monopolization and consolidation can happen for what seem to be good, or least necessary, reasons. How we respond as a society depends on how...
