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.
The report examines the federal district court decision against Apple in the e-books price fixing case. Law professor James Grimmelmann, University of Maryland, helps to explain Judge Cote’s decision.
The story looks at Apple’s defense against government charges that it conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices. Professor James Grimmelmann, New York Law School, is interviewed.
The article looks at the U.S. Justice Department’s case against Apple accusing them of conspiring to increase ebook prices. Law professor John Lopatka, Pennsylvania State University, is quoted.
The article looks at the U.S. Justice Department’s case against Apple accusing them of conspiring to increase ebook prices. Law professor Geoffrey Manne, Lewis & Clark College, is quoted.
This article examines the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority in antitrust cases. Joshua Wright, currently on leave from George Mason University while serving with the Federal Trade Commission, is quoted.
"Sometimes the remedies have nothing to do with antitrust concerns, but you are so desperate to close a deal that you give up the store to the Chinese. Firms will make all kinds of concessions. If this were the United States, people would say: I'll see you in court. No one's going to do that in China." — Daniel Sokol, Professor, University of Florida
"Impartiality of search results will become all the more important in the years to come, given that screen sizes on smartphones and tablets are smaller than on traditional PCs. Smaller screens mean there is even less room for competing services to appear in Google’s mobile search." — Susan Athey, Professor, Stanford University
"This fine is extraordinary. It's huge, for something that for all intents and purposes looks like a mistake." — Nicholas Economides, Professor, New York University
"There’s never been any evidence that consumers were harmed by Google’s practices and no evidence that Google ever engaged in any manipulation that violates antitrust law." — Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University
Without strong action, centrifugal tendencies will increasingly dominate the internet, as innovation will centralize in the few mega-firms capable of promoting new services on an ever-less-level playing field. — Frank Pasquale, Professor, Seton Hall University and Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor, University of Virginia
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George Washington University Law Professor and former Chair of the FTC, William Kovacic outlines the transformation happening in American antitrust policy.
February 16, 2022
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Some allege that large “big data” platforms can easily harm innovation by excluding rivals, but some controversial platform conduct benefits consumers and does not appear to harm innovation.
April 1, 2019
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