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Competition policy uses economic analysis to enhance our understanding of how firm behavior affects social welfare. Scholars featured on this site consider how technology markets function, and the special issues raised by networks, platforms, interoperability, and bundling by firms like Google, Apple, and Microsoft.

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TAP Academics

Gregory L. Rosston
Stanford University
Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Broadband, Wireless

Suzanne Scotchmer
University of California, Berkeley
Innovation and Economic Growth, Interoperability, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Open Source, Copyright and Trademark

Ilya Segal
Stanford University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Competition Policy and Antitrust

Carl Shapiro
University of California, Berkeley
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Patents

Daniel Sokol
University of Southern California
Competition Policy and Antitrust

James Speta
Northwestern University
Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure

Christopher Sprigman
New York University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Copyright and Trademark

Daniel Spulber
Northwestern University
Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust

Guofu Tan
University of Southern California
Competition Policy and Antitrust

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TAP Blog

Randy Picker Explains How Recent Antitrust Bills “Could Change Big Tech as We Know It”

University of Chicago Law School professor Randy Picker discusses the key insights from four platform antitrust bills that were recently introduced to the House for consideration.

TAP Staff Blogger

August 20, 2021

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Fact Sheets

Government Procurement

“Procurement” is the process by which governments choose to obtain and buy goods and services from the private sector.

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The Supreme Court’s NCAA Ruling Has Huge Implications Outside of Sports

"The significance of the ruling goes far beyond the unique setting of college sports. The decision hints at a revival of antitrust law and its application to an area of the economy antitrust law has unjustly neglected — the labor market." — Eric Posner, Professor of Law, University of Chicago

Eric Posner
The Washington Post
June 22, 2021

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Understanding Online Markets and Antitrust Analysis

This paper considers the application of traditional antitrust analysis to online markets. This paper identifies several ways in which online markets differ from regular markets. Most online markets are multi-sided, and entry barriers are low.

By: Daniel Sokol, Jingyuan Ma

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