Vaccine Hesitancy and the Pandemic: Physician Survey Responses
Executive Summary Vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus saved countless lives and are a modern science miracle. But they had risks, were not as effective as . . .
Vaccine Hesitancy and the Pandemic: Physician Survey Responses
Regulating Producers by Randomizing Consumers
Consumer law aims to empower consumers with accurate information and to protect them from misinformation. For complex goods and services, however, mandated disclosure laws . . .
Modeling Fee Shifting with Computational Game Theory
While modern mathematical models of settlement bargaining in litigation generally seek to identify perfect Bayesian Nash equilibria, previous computational models have lacked game theoretic . . .
The Case for Nominal GDP Level Targeting
In this paper, I make the case for a nominal GDP level target in the U.S. I begin by arguing that the Federal Reserve’s . . .
The Cost of Justice at the Dawn of AI
Justice isn’t free, but it might soon get much less expensive. Policies concerning issues such as arbitration, class actions, and plea bargaining depend on . . .
From Data Myths to Data Reality: What Generative AI Can Tell Us About Competition Policy (and Vice Versa)
I. Introduction It was once (and frequently) said that Google’s “data monopoly” was unassailable: “If ‘big data’ is the oil of the information economy, Google . . .
Competitive Effects of T-Mobile/Sprint: Analysis of a ‘4-to-3’ Merger
Mergers in mobile markets are of keen interest to policy makers and scholars. Because carrier networks are subject to pronounced economies of scale and . . .
Looking Forward by Looking Backward: The Future of Consumer Finance and Financial Protection
This essay was prepared for “The Future of Financial Regulation Symposium” October 6, 2023, sponsored by the C. Boyden Gray Center. I assess the . . .
Congress Should Protect the Rights of American Creators with Site-Blocking Legislation
Summary Large-scale piracy websites violate the copyrights of American creators and threaten the continued growth of the creative industries. The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act . . .