Demand for diverse economists has exploded, but institutions still fail to recruit, retain, and promote […]

#179 What Have We Learned From Empirical Studies? Potential Antitrust Concerns Arising From Common Ownership
Posted 10 months ago Tagged agricultural seeds airlines banking cereals common ownership competition data economic principle empirical evidence financial incentives industries investment mechanism pharmaceuticals policy study
There is a growing interest in understanding the “ownership interests hypothesis,” i.e., whether investors holding […]

#176 Are We Thinking About Innovation the Right Way? The Role of Dynamic Efficiency in Competition Policy
Posted 11 months ago Tagged antitrust bills antitrust reform Digital Markets Act dynamic efficiency innovation
Amidst the current momentum for antitrust reform, are U.S. lawmakers and enforcers thinking about the […]

#172 Biologically Similar but Competitively Not So? Economic Considerations of IP Litigation Settlements Involving Biosimilars
Posted 12 months ago Tagged analysis antitrust biologics biosimilars competition economics generics intellectual property law litigation market payment pharmaceutical settlement
Under the U.S. Supreme Court case FTC v. Actavis (2013), antitrust analysis of “reverse settlements” […]
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Labor market competition is one of the hottest issues in antitrust right now. Are workers […]

#152 Should Antitrust Be Used as an Anti-Inflation Tool? Live Recording of Debate at George Mason Law School
Posted 1 year ago Tagged antitrust economics enforcement inflation law policy
The U.S. economy has seen a consumer price index increase of 7% in 2021, the […]
Posted 2 years ago Tagged antitrust compliance economics enforcement labor non-compete
By its name, a non-compete agreement restricts competition. But can non-competes be procompetitive or otherwise […]
Posted 2 years ago Tagged antitrust career economic law litigation professional development
Measured in absolute numbers, there have been more women attorneys and economists working in the […]
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It has been said that conflicting expert testimony merely “cancels” each expert out: that experts […]
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What is the role of an economist in identifying harm? ABA Antitrust Law Section Economics […]