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June 29, 2022

What Have the Intermediaries Ever Done for Us?

Executive Summary Intermediaries may not be the consumer welfare hero we want, but more often than not, they are one that we need. Policymakers often assume that intermediaries and centralization…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 1, 2022

Relevant Market in the Google AdTech Case

Eric Fruits & Geoffrey A. Manne & Lazar Radic

Executive Summary Digital advertising is the economic backbone of much of the Internet. But complaints have recently emerged from a number of quarters alleging the digital advertising market is monopolized…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 23, 2022

The Digital Markets Act and EU Antitrust Enforcement: Double & Triple Jeopardy

Giuseppe Colangelo

The European Union's Digital Markets Act will intersect with EU and national-level competition law in ways that subject tech platforms to the risk of double jeopardy and conflicting decisions for the same activity.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 7, 2022

What Does the Growth of Intangible Capital Mean for Competition Policy?

Stian Westlake & Jonathan Haskel

Stian Westlake and Jonathan Haskel find that recent changes in interfirm competition are driven not by less competitive markets, but by the growing importance of intangible capital like R&D, brands, software, and organizational development.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 1, 2021

BETTER TOGETHER: THE PROCOMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF MERGERS IN TECH

Samuel Bowman & Sam Dumitriu

A joint publication of ICLE and The Entrepreneurs Network makes the case that the U.K. government's plan to crack down on Big Tech mergers would harm the British start-up ecosystem.

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

June 3, 2021

Conflicting Missions: The Risks of the Digital Markets Unit to Competition and Innovation

Samuel Bowman & Aria Babu & Sam Dumitriu

The UK's Digital Markets Unit will combine the powers and operating structure of a narrow sector regulator with a cross-sector purview that is much closer to the CMA’s economy-wide reach.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 20, 2021

Response to Ramsi Woodcock's The Hidden Rules of a Modern Antitrust

Geoffrey A. Manne

Woodcock’s bold claims ignore or misconstrue several critical aspects of the modern antitrust apparatus. Chief among these is the uncertainty that underpins antitrust enforcement, and the rule of reason’s role in decreasing this uncertainty.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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