competition policy
EU’s Aggressive Labor Competition Policy Clashes with Judicial Reality and Benefits No-One
In recent research, Christian Bergqvist argues that the European Union’s approach to wage-fixing, no-hire, and no-poach agreements reveals a lack of nuance that may end up harming competition.
The Corruption of Consumer Welfare
The consumer welfare standard is used in modern antitrust enforcement to evaluate a merger between two firms. However, its original definition was corrupted in...
Global vs. Local: What Drives Changes in Labor’s Share of Income
A new working paper examines the relationship between competition policy and the decline in the labor share across the developed world and finds that...
Is There a Problem with Competition?
A Stigler Center webinar explores instances where competition turns toxic, whether antitrust policy needs reform, and potential paths forward.
Is there such a thing as...
Paul Tucker on Unelected Power: A Technocrat against Technocracy
In a recent review of Paul Tucker’s new book Unelected Power (extracted here for ProMarket), Diane Coyle of the University of Manchester and the...
