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Root and Branch Reconstruction: The Modern Transformation of U.S. Antitrust Law and Policy?
Advocates for the transformation of antitrust policy in the United States support the revival of egalitarian goals for enforcers. Reformers have gained in influence, but several factors will limit their impact.
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William E. Kovacic |
2021 |
GDP-B: Accounting for the Value of New and Free Goods
Current methods fail to capture the value of new and free goods to national productivity. A new framework, GDP-B, better measures the benefits of these goods.
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Erik Brynjolfsson, Avinash Collis, Felix Eggers, Kevin J. Fox, W. Erwin Diewert |
2021 |
How Innovative Are Innovations? A Multidimensional, Survey-Based Approach
Innovation can be difficult to measure, and some major technical advances have less impact on social welfare than expected. Surveys of innovation should consider five key factors in assessing the importance of an innovation.
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Wesley Cohen, John P. Walsh, You-Na Lee |
2021 |
Reforming the Patent System
Three tailored patent reforms would improve the patent system without requiring more evidence as to whether stronger patent protection promotes innovation generally.
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Heidi Williams, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette |
2020 |
Nascent Competitors
Large incumbent firms may take steps to eliminate innovative nascent competitors, either by merger or by excluding them from the market.
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C. Scott Hemphill, Tim Wu |
2020 |
Race, Labor, and the Future of Work
As automation and globalization transform the labor market, the need for labor protection for racial minorities remains a concern. Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) systems may worsen labor inequalities.
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Ifeoma Ajunwa |
2020 |
Privacy Regulation and Innovation Policy
Some claim that privacy regulation threatens innovation, but regulation is appropriate to correct market failures. Privacy regulation could help align markets and ensure that innovation is consistent with social values.
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Katherine Strandburg, Yafit Lev-Aretz |
2020 |
Liability Rules for Autonomous Vehicles: How Traditional Legal Relations Encourage Modern Technological Innovation
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) come into use, lawyers will guide courts’ choice of liability rules, the sanctions that apply when the rules of the road are broken. The best rule for many accidents involving AVs will be strict liability.
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Richard Epstein |
2020 |
Competing in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables the rapid growth of a new type of firm. Many traditional firms now compete directly with AI-based firms. Business strategies and competitive processes are changing.
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Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani |
2020 |
The Siren Song: Algorithmic Governance by Blockchain
Blockchain technologies such as bitcoin promise greater freedom, but the technology is immature. The systems are imperfect, but some cannot effectively recover from failure.
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Kevin Werbach |
2020 |