The Effect of Competition Policy on Economic Inequality
After several years of research and collaboration, we’re pleased to announce the successful completion of our project examining the relationship between competition policy and wealth distribution.
From 2020 to 2024, the Centre for Competition Law and Policy hosted a research group that explored how competition law and its enforcement can influence economic inequality, and how policy design might contribute to a fairer and more inclusive economy. Papers published by the group offered an empirically grounded understanding of the ways in which competition legislation and enforcement intersect with wealth distribution.
With the publication of the last research paper that emerged from this project, we thank our interdisciplinary research team for their dedication and insight throughout this journey: Ariel Ezrachi, Christopher Decker, Amit Zac, Carola Casti, Yu-Chun Huang and Amédée von Moltke. We also thank the Leverhulme Trust for generously supporting this project.
Selected publications from the project:
- Competition Law Enforcement and Household Inequality in the United Kingdom | Journal of Competition Law & Economics | Oxford Academic
- Competition policy and the labor share | The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization | Oxford Academic
- A Cross-Country Analysis of the Relationship between Competition Law and Economic Inequality | Request PDF
- Effects of competition law on inequality — An incidental by-product or a path for societal change? | Journal of Antitrust Enforcement | Oxford Academic
- Competition Law and Economic Inequality: A Comparative Analysis of the US Model of Law | Journal of International Economic Law | Oxford Academic
- Dark patterns and consumer vulnerability | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core