Gary Biglaiser
Gary Biglaiser received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego. He is a Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was Assistant Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission from July 1997 to June 1998. He has wide-ranging research interests in applied microeconomic theory, with a concentration on industrial organization and regulation. His most recent research focuses on network effects and incumbency, dynamic platform competition, market intermediaries in setting with both moral hazard and adverse selection, dynamic contracting and exclusion, competition for a superior input, and consumer information acquisition when there is product differentiation.. His recent publications include papers in the American Economic Review, The RAND Journal of Economics, and American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. He is an editor at The RAND Journal of Economics.
Antitrust and Competition
User Hesitancy Increases Online Platforms’ Incumbency Advantage
“Incumbency advantage” among Big Tech platforms recognizes that network effects prevent users from leaving established platforms for emerging competitors. Gary Biglaiser, Jacques...
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Development
Mobile Internet Is Changing Employment in Developing Countries, but Not Always as Expected
Scholars and policymakers have put much faith into the prospect of internet connectivity catalyzing development in low- and middle-income countries. In new...
Fiscal Policy
Biden’s Second-Best Economic Agenda
Efficiency is out and political economy is in. But what does that imply about making good policy?
Monetary Policy
The Fed and Bank Failures
Viral Acharya and Raghuram Rajan explain how quantitative easing contributed to the problems underlying the recent bank failures such as that of...
Antitrust and Competition
Self-Preferencing Theories Need To Account for Exploitative Abuse
Patrice Bougette, Oliver Budzinski, and Frédéric Marty argue in their research that antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic must take...
Antitrust and Competition
Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth
Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...
ESG & Corporate Governance
History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure
In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...
Regulation
Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation
Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...
