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June 29, 2022

What Have the Intermediaries Ever Done for Us?

Intermediaries emerge when it would otherwise be too difficult (or too costly) for groups of users to meet and interact. There is thus no guarantee that government-mandated disintermediation — such as that contemplated in the European DMA and the U.S. AICOA bill — will generate net benefits in a given case.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 8, 2021

Antitrust Dystopia and Antitrust Nostalgia: Alarmist Theories of Harm in Digital Markets and Their Origins

Geoffrey A. Manne & Dirk Auer

Dystopian thinking is pervasive within the antitrust community. Unlike entrepreneurs, antitrust scholars and policy makers often lack the imagination to see how competition will emerge and enable entrants to overthrow seemingly untouchable incumbents.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 9, 2021

Technology Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control

Geoffrey A. Manne & Samuel Bowman & Dirk Auer

Forthcoming in the Missouri Law Journal, ICLE scholars scrutinize recent scholarship regarding so-called "kill zones" and "killer acquisitions" and the pitfalls that would accompany attempts to change existing merger rules and thresholds to account for them.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 2, 2021

Encouraging AI adoption by EU SMEs

Dirk Auer

In a new paper published by the Progressive Policy Institute, ICLE Senior Fellow Dirk Auer and PPI’s Caleb Watney make the case that while the EU desires to be at…

Innovation & The New Economy

March 30, 2021

Should ASEAN Antitrust Laws Emulate European Competition Policy?

Dirk Auer & Geoffrey A. Manne & Samuel Bowman

Unlike many other trading blocs (most notably the EU), the ASEAN nations are yet to agree upon a common, unified set of competition law provisions. Nevertheless, recent years have seen…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 11, 2020

The Deterioration of Appropriate Remedies in Patent Disputes

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Julian Morris & Dirk Auer

Property rights are an essential economic institution. As the great UCLA economist Harold Demsetz famously argued, property rights spur specialization, investment, and competition, which in turn increase productivity, innovation, and wealth throughout the economy.

Intellectual Property

February 27, 2020

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision

Dirk Auer

The European Commission’s recent Google Android decision will go down as one of the most important competition proceedings of the past decade. Yet, in-depth reading of the 328-page decision leaves…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 7, 2019

Governing the Patent Commons

Dirk Auer & Julian Morris

We suggest that antitrust authorities and courts should draw inspiration from acclaimed scholarship regarding both the evolution of cooperation and the management of common-pool resources.

Intellectual Property

March 25, 2019

Is European Competition Law Protectionist? Unpacking the Commission’s Unflattering Track record

Dirk Auer & Geoffrey A. Manne

Last month, the European Commission slapped another fine upon Google for infringing European competition rules (€1.49 billion this time). This brings Google’s contribution to the EU budget to a dizzying total of €8.25 billion (to put this into perspective, the total EU budget for 2019 is €165.8 billion).

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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