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10 May 2020
5 min to read

Contemplating COVID-19 and Competition—Returning to the Rat Race or Aspiring for Something Nobler?

Ariel Ezrachi, Pembroke College | Maurice Stucke, Institute of European and Comparative Law

Whatever the market ailment, competition is typically the cure. Except now. Competition among nations or states for ventilators and masks are causing more, rather than fewer, deaths. The Covid-19...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
10 Feb 2020
3 min to read

Move Fast and Break Things: Law, Technology, and the Problem of Speed

Simon Chesterman

Since computers entered into the mainstream in the 1960s, the efficiency with which data could be processed has raised regulatory questions. This is well understood with respect to privacy. Data that...
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  • Competition/ Antitrust
06 Jan 2020
5 min to read

The Chicago School’s Limited Influence on International Antitrust

Anu Bradford | Adam Chilton | Filippo Maria Lancieri

A group of scholars primarily associated with the University of Chicago began to challenge many of the fundamental tenets of US antitrust law in the 1950s. This movement—which became known as the...
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  • Competition/ Antitrust
01 May 2019

Enforcing European Competition Law in a Global Digital Economy

Ariel Ezrachi, Pembroke College | Agustin Reyna

The digital economy forms a central driver to future prosperity—delivering waves of innovation, efficiencies and consumer welfare. It has stimulated a shift in market dynamics, paving the way for the...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
04 Apr 2019

Video Interview: Ensuring Competition and Innovation in 3D Printing

OBLB Editors

Take a look at our full video interview with Professor Michal Gal about her research on 3D printing. Professor Gal focusses on the disruption 3D printing may cause to supply chains and market...
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  • Competition/ Antitrust
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Tax
06 Feb 2019

Putting Technology to Good Use for Society: The role of corporate, competition and tax law

John Armour, Faculty of Law | Ariel Ezrachi, Pembroke College | Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | John Vella, Faculty of Law

Innovation and its main output, technology, are changing the way we work, socialise, vote, and live. New technologies have improved our lives and made firms more productive, overall raising living...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
18 Dec 2018

Competition, Market Power and Third-Party Tracking

Ariel Ezrachi, Pembroke College | Viktoria Robertson

The online digital economy has benefitted us with waves of innovation, transforming the way we search, shop, communicate and consume information. Be it on our computer, tablet or mobile device, the...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
  • Financial Regulation
05 Dec 2018

Data, Innovation and Transatlantic Competition in Finance: The Case of the Access to Account Rule

Oscar Borgogno | Giuseppe Colangelo

In our paper ‘Data, Innovation and Transatlantic Competition in Finance: The Case of the Access to Account Rule’, we focus on the EU regulatory effort, enshrined in Directive 2366/2015 on payment...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
31 Aug 2018

On the Economics of the Google Android Case

ProMarket Writers

A general challenge facing competition authorities in the digital era is learning how to apply the traditional tools of competition policy in multi-sided platform environments. This column argues...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
  • M&A
16 Mar 2018

Is EU Merger Control Used for Protectionism? An Empirical Analysis

Anu Bradford | Robert Jackson | Jonathon Zytnick

The European Commission’s merger-review power has been a subject of controversy among lawmakers and commentators for more than two decades. One reason for this is that the Commission has sometimes...

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