Europe
The Trends and Cases That Will Define European Antitrust in 2024
Four experts on antitrust in Europe discuss the trends and cases they're watching in 2024.
Should the European Union Require Tech Firms to Adopt a Common Charger?
According to a new European Commission directive expected to be approved in the next few months, tech firms will have to use a common...
Why Aligning Antitrust Policy With Sustainability is a Moral Imperative
The looming ecological disaster means that it is time for competition researchers, policymakers, lawyers, and economists to devise competition policies that focus on the...
How Interest Groups Utilize Reverse Revolving Doors to Influence Legislative Voting
A new study finds that legislators who worked for interest groups before taking office influence the voting behavior of their colleagues when the motion...
The Incoming Currency War
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...
Concentration in the EU: Where It is Increasing and Why
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...
OpenLux: Why the Era of Financial Secrecy Needs to End
The #OpenLux investigation underlines that, despite undeniable progress in terms of transparency, there is still considerable work to be done in the fight against...
OpenLux: Despite Reform Efforts, Luxembourg Remains an “Offshore Hub in the Heart of Europe”
Dozens of foreign citizens linked to corruption, embezzlement of public funds, organized crime, and tax crime have opened companies in Luxembourg, seemingly without raising...
Liberal Democracies Have a Duty to Respond to China’s New National Security Law
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...
Not Everyone Agreed With Alberto Alesina, but Nobody Could Ignore the Work He Did
Harvard professor Jeffry Fridel was a friend and a colleague of Alberto Alesina. They shared the beginning of their careers, a house (for a...
