Europe

In Europe, many regulatory authorities are debating whether to loosen regulations on tech companies so that they can catch up with their counterparts in the United States and close Europe’s innovation gap. Based on her recent article, Anu Bradford shows that this choice is a false one. She argues that rather than stringent regulation, the gap in tech innovation between the U.S. and EU can be explained by differences in their scaling opportunities, capital markets, bankruptcy laws, immigration policy, and flexibility of their labor markets.

Four experts on antitrust in Europe discuss the trends and cases they're watching in 2024.

According to a new European Commission directive expected to be approved in the next few months, tech firms will have to use a common...

The looming ecological disaster means that it is time for competition researchers, policymakers, lawyers, and economists to devise competition policies that focus on the...

A new study finds that legislators who worked for interest groups before taking office influence the voting behavior of their colleagues when the motion...

Four powerful forces—cryptocurrencies, the decoupling of geographical and monetary boundaries, ad-based digital platforms’ foray into the world of payments, and the value of data—are...

Increasing concentration is not unique to the US—recent studies show that concentration is rising in Europe as well, although to a lesser extent than...

The #OpenLux investigation underlines that, despite undeniable progress in terms of transparency, there is still considerable work to be done in the fight against...

Dozens of foreign citizens linked to corruption, embezzlement of public funds, organized crime, and tax crime have opened companies in Luxembourg, seemingly without raising...

According to China’s sweeping new national security law, European citizens who argue in favor of self-determination for Hong Kong in their home countries could...