Salil Mehra
Salil Mehra is the Charles Klein Professor of Law and Government at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia and is also the faculty co-director of Temple University’s Institute for Law, Innovation and Technology. His research focuses on antitrust/competition law and technology, with particular attention to algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He is a past Chair of the AALS Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation, and also a former Abe Fellow of Japan’s Center for Global Partnership and the Social Science Research Center. Prior to his career with Temple Law, Professor Mehra worked at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Antitrust and Competition
The DOJ’s AdTech Suit Against Google Is Anything but Unconventional
The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states recently sued Google, claiming it runs its digital ad business to unfairly advantage its...
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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?...
