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Antitrust and Competition

Does Market Power Lead to Political Power?

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A Stigler Center webinar explores what would be the foundations of a political and economic system that might be more resilient to...
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Antitrust and Competition

Market Power and Money in Politics

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A Stigler Center webinar explores how businesses lobby and compete for political power and whether mergers and industry concentration affect lobbying. 
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Antitrust and Competition

Is There a Problem with Competition?

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A Stigler Center webinar explores instances where competition turns toxic, whether antitrust policy needs reform, and potential paths forward.
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Antitrust and Competition

Should Antitrust Promote Political Liberty? A Stigler Center Webinar Features Fukuyama, McCarty, Teachout, and Nylen

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A Stigler Center panel explores the challenges of designing an antitrust enforcement regime that could contend with the political power of corporate...
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Antitrust and Competition

Lessons from Latin America on Fighting Corruption — a Webinar

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A wave of anti-corruption efforts has swept Latin America in the last few years, leading to high-profile convictions but also facing pushback...
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Antitrust and Competition

Should Antitrust Promote Economic Liberty? A Webinar

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Should antitrust be designed to promote economic liberty? Watch a Stigler Center webinar discussing what such a system might look like, and...
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Regulatory Capture

The Wirecard Saga: Germany’s Enron Moment?

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How did Wirecard go from a “rockstar” to a company that fabricates customers, invents profits, and expropriates investors’ capital? Watch a Stigler...
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Antitrust and Competition

The United States: An Exceptional Case? A Webinar With Stephen Haber, Richard R. John, and Luigi Zingales

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Many see the US as a land where free markets and antitrust enforcement have historically kept monopolies under control. But is that...
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Coronavirus

The Economic and Social Implications of Racial Disparities: A Webinar With Lisa Cook

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Michigan State University professor Lisa Cook joined Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss how violence impacts innovation, as well as the...
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Antitrust and Competition

Covid-19 and Amazon’s Future: a Webinar With Stacy Mitchell, Steven Kaplan, and Jacob Schlesinger

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As part of the Stigler Center’s Political Economy of Covid-19 Series of online programming, which explores the economic and political implications of...
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Antitrust and Competition

Data is Abundant But is it Accessible to Researchers?

Utsav Gandhi
Despite the wide availability of data, ensuring independent access to data sources has never been more crucial. How can researchers engage in...
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Antitrust and Competition

Private Labels in Online Marketplaces

Radostina Shopova
On their store shelves, Walmart has its own products under the "Great Value” brand, and Tesco has its own “Everyday Value” products....
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Antitrust and Competition

Bolsonaro’s reelection may become a setback for ESG in Brazil

Stephanie Tondo
Social pressures, market forces and elected leaders influence corporate decisions on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Journalist Stephanie Tondo examines the...
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Antitrust and Competition

2023 Antitrust and Competition Conference: Call for Papers

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The Stigler Center is inviting submissions of short academic articles (up to 3000 words) focused on the development of a legal/economic...
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News

ProMarket Seeks New Deputy Managing Editor

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We're hiring! Many ProMarket readers will now know that Asher Schechter, former deputy editor at...
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Antitrust and Competition

Five New Pieces You Should Read from Chicago Booth Review

Emily Lambert, Hal Weitzman
Chicago Booth Review recently published its fall issue covering a variety of new research. We suggest five articles from the issue on...
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Antitrust and Competition

How to Converge the US and European Antitrust Approaches Toward Big Tech

Michal Halperin, Ketan Ahuja
The growing consensus that Big Tech platforms need to be restrained creates a unique opportunity for international cooperation among antitrust enforcers. The...
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