November 01, 2021
How Regulation Could Shape the Connected Economy’s Future
In an era of explosive growth in online advertising and social media spend, media experts still say that TV advertising is the most effective way to build a brand. Analysts...
October 14, 2021
CPI Talks… with Elisa Mariscal & Beatriz Yemail
In this edition of CPI Talks we have the pleasure of speaking with Elisa Mariscal & Beatriz Yemail. Elisa Mariscal is a Director with Global Economics Group, Mexico City and...
September 27, 2021
Monetary Remedies for Zero-Price Privacy Regulation: An Economic Perspective
Zero-price goods and services potentially create a problem for regulators interested in crafting monetary remedies that are deterrent, efficient, and inexpensive to implement in that they prevent the use of...
August 17, 2021
Controlling Market Power in Digital Business Ecosystems: Incorporating Unique Economic...
Digital business ecosystems (“DBEs”) reflect the culmination of progressive changes in business models over the last 40 years. Coupled with the unique economic characteristics of the DBEs, these features amplify...
August 01, 2021
The Usefulness of the Consumer Survey Method in Defining Relevant...
By Garima Sodhi,1 Sailee Sakhardande,2 & Bhaavi Agrawal3 I. Introduction The superstructure of robust economic arguments in antitrust cases is based on an underlying foundation of market definition. Defining...
June 28, 2021
Facebook Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap
Facebook has closed above $1 trillion in the market for the first time ever, CNBC reported. That makes the social media giant the fifth company after Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and...
June 15, 2021
Interoperability in Antitrust Law & Competition Policy
As the concepts of network effects, tipping, and lock-in have grown in importance with the rise, growth, and current ubiquity of platforms, data analytics, and computer software in the modern...
June 15, 2021
Big Data Protection: Big Problem?
Considerable debate exists as to the interaction of antitrust and privacy law. This nuanced debate encompasses many difficult questions: when is there a strong consumer preference for privacy, and when...
May 20, 2021
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Data Privacy Bill
Klobuchar (Democrat – Minnesota) has teamed up with a bipartisan group of senators, including Sens. John Kennedy (Republican – Louisiana), Joe Manchin (Democrat – West Virginia), and Richard Burr (Republican...