antitrust and competition
"Political Engagement by Corporations Derives from and is Focused on Seeking Monopolistic Power"
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series, Harvard Business School professor emeritus Joseph Bower shares some thoughts on rent-seeking, politics, and the role of corporations...
“The Ability of Companies to Subvert the Operating Rules for the Market is a Deep, Systematic, Durable Force”
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series, we ask Harvard Business School professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard about the involvement of corporations in politics...
Antitrust, Regulation and the “Chicago School”
Antitrust authorities, no less than regulatory authorities, are vulnerable to capture by the collective interests of groups having the most salient stakes in antitrust...
“We Are Arrogant – We hold On to Our Old Beliefs on the Gains of Trade”: ProMarket Interviews Bernard Yeung, Part 3
The third and final part of ProMarket's interview with Bernard Yeung, Dean of the National University of Singapore’s business school and one of the...
“In a System with Dominance, There is Built-In Resistance to Change”: ProMarket Interviews Bernard Yeung, Part 2
In the second part of his interview with ProMarket, Bernard Yeung—one of the economists who laid the foundations of scientific research on economic power...
How Pro-Competition Rules Can Benefit Consumers: A Look at the Wireless Industry
A new Stigler Center working paper examines the political factors that shape competition in the wireless sector around the world and finds that pro-competition rules...
Donald Trump’s Economic Policies: Pro-Business, Not Pro-Market
Trump is eliminating lobbyists by putting them in charge of all departments.
After his election,((This post was originally published in Il Sole 24 Ore.)) it was...
Monopsony Takes Center Stage
Bringing the powerful weapons the federal competition authorities have to bear on the problem of monopsony would be a substantial, but necessary departure from recent...
Do Mergers Benefit or Harm the Economy? Q&A with Bruce Blonigen
A new paper finds that mergers allow firms to raise prices, but finds no evidence that they improve productivity or efficiency.
Do large mergers benefit or harm consumers? Over...
The Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership: Q&A with Martin Schmalz
Martin Schmalz, assistant professor of business administration and finance at the University of Michigan, speaks about the anti-competitive effects of common ownership, a situation in...
