April 17, 2020

Correcting Common Misperceptions About the State of Antitrust Law and Enforcement

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Friday, April 17, 2020, ICLE President and Founder, Geoffrey A. Manne, submitted written testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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

February 24, 2020

Comments of ICLE on the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines (Matter Number P810034)

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

Although it is doubtless correct that the 1984 Nonhorizontal Merger Guidelines require updates in light of the last three decades of legal and economic developments, it is by no means…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 18, 2020

Towards a Theory of Market Power

Mark Jamison

This paper analyzes the question of market power. Longstanding definitions and analytical tools are inadequate because they conflate conditions under which a firm has unbeneficial control over its markets (market power) with situations where firms are successful because they are superior in how they serve customers (expanding consumer welfare).

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 8, 2020

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision (part 3): Where is the Harm?

Dirk Auer

This is the third in a series of TOTM blog posts discussing the Commission’s recently published Google Android decision. It draws on research from a soon-to-be published ICLE white paper.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 14, 2019

What if rising concentration were an indication of more competition, not less?

Geoffrey A. Manne

An oft-repeated claim of conferences, media, and left-wing think tanks is that lax antitrust enforcement has led to a substantial increase in concentration in the US economy of late, strangling…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 12, 2019

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision (part 2): Ignoring Google’s Competitors

Dirk Auer

This is the second in a series of TOTM blog posts discussing the Commission’s recently published Google Android decision. It draws on research from a soon-to-be published ICLE white paper.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 21, 2019

Private Antitrust: What Hipsters Can Learn from Hulk Hogan

Eric Fruits

The antitrust populist ranks are chock-a-block with economists, policy wonks, and go-getter attorneys. If they are so confident in their claims of rising concentration, bad behavior, and harm to consumers, suppliers, and workers, then they should put those ideas to the test with some slam dunk litigation.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 14, 2019

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision (part 1): Four Problems with the EU Commission’s Market Definition

Dirk Auer

This is the first in a series of TOTM blog posts discussing the Commission’s recently published Google Android decision. It draws on research from a soon-to-be published ICLE white paper.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection