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Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust Needs Better Models for Estimating Social Welfare in the Digital Age

Seth G. Benzell
In a forthcoming article, Seth Benzell and Felix Chang explore how antitrust regulators can use insights from a new quantitative model of Facebook that...
Antitrust and Competition

Data, Context and Competition Policy

Elettra Bietti
Data has a tendency to be misunderstood. It is often compared to a raw material like oil, waste, or capital. Elettra Bietti argues that...
Big Tech

Capitalisn’t: What’s in the Twitter Files and What Does It Mean?

ProMarket writers
In the March 30 episode of Capitalisn’t, Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales discuss the Twitter Files, why so much of the mainstream media has...
Antitrust and Competition

Self-Preferencing Theories Need To Account for Exploitative Abuse

Patrice Bougette
Patrice Bougette, Oliver Budzinski, and Frédéric Marty argue in their research that antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic must take into consideration...
Big Tech

Can Twitter Be a Force for Good? Social Media Helps Curb Corporate Misconduct

Jonas Heese
Collective shaming on social media is crucial in reducing corporate misbehavior — and society would be significantly worse off without watchdog platforms. Social media, once...
Antitrust and Competition

The DOJ’s AdTech Suit Against Google Is Anything but Unconventional

Salil Mehra
The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states recently sued Google, claiming it runs its digital ad business to unfairly advantage its own business,...
Antitrust and Competition

Why “The Jury’s Out” on the Government’s Case Against Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

Harry First
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued Google, claiming it runs its digital ad business to unfairly advantage its own...
Antitrust and Competition

An Excessive Evidentiary Burden Sunk the FTC’s Case Against the Meta/Within Merger

Steven Salop
In early February, a district court judge rejected the FTC’s preliminary injunction suit to block Meta’s purchase of Within, a developer of a virtual...
Antitrust and Competition

How the AT&T Case Can Inform Big Tech Breakups

Monika Schnitzer
Breaking up companies that antitrust regulators consider too dominant can be costly and might negatively impact innovation and consumer welfare. As economists and policymakers...
Antitrust and Competition

User Hesitancy Increases Online Platforms’ Incumbency Advantage

Jacques Crémer
“Incumbency advantage” among Big Tech platforms recognizes that network effects prevent users from leaving established platforms for emerging competitors. Gary Biglaiser, Jacques Crémer, and...
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