Scholarship Archives - International Center for Law & Economics

July 15, 2021

Issue Brief: Pole Attachments and Broadband Build-out

Ben Sperry & Kristian Stout

President Joe Biden has made broadband build-out part of his Build Back Better plan, arguing that it constitutes essential infrastructure, much like electricity and water. The plan calls for $100…

Telecommunications

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

June 3, 2021

A Dynamic Analysis of Broadband Competition: What Concentration Numbers Fail to Capture

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

The instinct to promote broadband network buildout is understandable, but precisely how that infrastructure funding is deployed will determine whether such proposals succeed or fail.

Telecommunications

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

April 29, 2021

ICLE’s Principles for the Future of Broadband Infrastructure

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the resilience of U.S. broadband infrastructure, the extent to which we rely on that infrastructure, and the geographies and communities where broadband build-out lags behind.…

Telecommunications

April 12, 2021

Why Data Interoperability Is Harder Than It Looks: The Open Banking Experience

Samuel Bowman

Many people hope that data interoperability can increase competition, by making it easier for customers to switch and multi-home across different products. The UK’s Open Banking is the most important…

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

November 30, 2020

Adding a Warning Label to Rewheel’s International Price Comparison and Competitiveness Rankings

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Eric Fruits

The Internet is a fabulous means of communication. However, the Digital Fuel Monitor by Rewheel/research is a prime example of misinformation on the Internet

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 10, 2020

Data Portability and Interoperability

Geoffrey A. Manne & Samuel Bowman

While data portability may seem like an attractive option in certain markets, experience suggests it is not simple to impose even in cases where the trade-offs seem small.

Data Security & Privacy

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