Scholarship Archives - International Center for Law & Economics

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 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

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

July 31, 2020

Digital Markets Taskforce Consultation Response

Samuel Bowman

There is a danger that the UK is heading for a significant and potentially damaging overhaul of its competition policy on the basis of thin evidence, rushed analysis, and no attempt to measure the costs, benefits and risks of the approach being undertaken.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 22, 2020

The Fatal Economic Flaws of the Contemporary Campaign Against Vertical Integration

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Eric Fruits

Geoffrey A. Manne, Kristian Stout, Eric Fruits, "The Fatal Economic Flaws of the Contemporary Campaign Against Vertical Integration", Kansas Law Review, Kansas Law Review Inc. 2019 vol. 68(5)

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 19, 2020

Against the Vertical Discrimination Presumption

Geoffrey A. Manne

"Platform competition is more complicated than simple theories of vertical discrimination would have it, and there is certainly no basis for a presumption of harm."

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 1, 2020

Consumer Welfare & the Rule of Law: The Case Against the New Populist Antitrust Movement

Elyse Dorsey & Geoffrey A. Manne & Jan M. Rybnicek & Kristian Stout & Joshua Wright

This Article makes the case in support of the current consumer welfare standard and against a sweeping set of unsupported populist antitrust reforms.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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