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May 15, 2020

Joint Submission of Antitrust Economists, Legal Scholars, and Practitioners to the House Judiciary Committee on the State of Antitrust Law and Implications for Protecting Competition in Digital Markets

Jonathan Barnett & Michael Baye & James Cooper & Daniel Crane & Kenneth Elzinga & Richard Epstein & Deborah A. Garza & Thomas Hazlett & Gus Hurwitz & Benjamin Klein & Jonathan Klick & Thomas Lambert & Tad Lipsky & Geoffrey A. Manne & Scott Masten & Maureen K. Ohlhausen & James F. Rill & Jan M. Rybnicek & Vernon L. Smith & David Teece & Robert Willig & Joshua Wright & John M. Yun

Pursuant to the House Judiciary Committee’s request for information to aid its inquiry concerning the state of existing antitrust laws, Antitrust Economists, Legal Scholars, and Practitioners offer the following joint submission.

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

April 29, 2020

The Ghosts of Antitrust Past

Alec Stapp

PPI Director of Technology Policy, Alec Stapp reviews the antitrust cases against IBM, AT&T, and Microsoft and discusses what we can learn from them today. He explains the relevant concepts necessary for understanding the history of market competition in the tech industry.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 27, 2020

Comments in the Matter of Use of the 5.850 – 5.925 GHz Band

Ian Adams

On behalf of the International Center for Law & Economics, I offer the following reply comments in support of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to…

Telecommunications

April 21, 2020

Comments on Refreshing the Record in Restoring Internet Freedom and Lifeline Proceedings in Light of the D.C. Circuit’s Mozilla Decision

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Eric Fruits & Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

In order to maximize the benefits of broadband to society, including through the provision of public safety communications and services, public policy must promote the proper incentives for broadband buildout.…

Telecommunications

April 20, 2020

ICLE Submission to Digital Advertising Services Inquiry

Samuel Bowman & Geoffrey A. Manne

The purpose of this submission is to highlight some of the findings of the relevant scholarship to help to inform the ACCC’s work, and to highlight some of the problems that may arise during the course of the study, given the misconceptions about competition between advertising-funded digital platforms that are common in the media and popular debate today.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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

March 9, 2020

ICLE Comments Regarding European Commission Guidelines on Certain State Aid Measures in the Context of the System for Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowance Trading Post 2021

Julian Morris & Dirk Auer

Emission trading programs have the potential dramatically to reduce the costs of abating pollution. When such programs are well designed, they can reduce abatement costs by as much as 50%.…

Innovation & The New Economy

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