Publications
Draft for an FTC Policy Statement on the Prohibitions Against 'Unfair' Business Conduct
Authored by: Neil Averitt
Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits unfair conduct in commercial practices. The core prohibitions are the bans on “unfair methods of competition” and on “unfair or deceptive acts...
Hayekian Competition Policy - A Historical Perspective
Authored by: Cento Veljanovski
Friedrich A. Hayek's (1899–1992) work on competition policy has been neglected.
While antitrust agencies regulate competition dynamics there is ample evidence that they also engaging in competition amongst their peer agencies to determine which agency is considered the most...
Competition and Generative AI: A contribution to the European Commission’s debate
Authored by: Rafael Parisi
With the purpose of contributing to the European Commission’s (EC) call for papers, this essay aims to provide insights on the role and importance of data for generative AI.
Competition in the Age of Generative AI
Authored by: Abraham Song
The Age of Generative AI has arrived with ChatGPT in 2022. A race for dominance is on and it is clear that the technology will dramatically transform our societies and economies.
Decentralised Autonomous Organizations: Targeting the Potential Beyond the Hype
Authored by: Oscar Borgogno and Edoardo Martino
Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) aim at innovating the organization forms for business activities.
Potential Competition and the 2023 Merger Guidelines
Authored by: Richard J. Gilbert and A. Douglas Melamed
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission 2023 Merger Guidelines arrived just before Christmas, bringing cheer to advocates of heightened merger enforcement and coal for others more...
Antitrust For Innovation: A Progress Report
Authored by: Richard J. Gilbert and A. Douglas Melamed
Economists have long understood that innovation has a far more significant impact on economic welfare than the deadweight loss from prices that exceed levels in competitive markets or from other...
Comments to the Brazilian Ministry of Economy’s Consultations on Digital Platforms Regulation
Authored by: Rafael Parisi
With the purpose of contributing with the Ministry of Economy’s consultations on the regulation of digital platforms (Consultations No. 1, from the Secretariat of Economic Reform of the Ministry of...
Authored by: Jorge Padilla, Douglas H. Ginsburg, & Koren Wong-Ervin
In this essay we discuss the proposition, held by many economists and legal scholars, that with dynamic competition—i.e., competition for the market through sequential winner-take-all races won...
