Antitrust and the Internet Standardization Problem

Behavioral Economics, Internet Search, and Antitrust

Google’s domination of online search in Europe and the United States has attracted antitrust scrutiny.1 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “the commission”) recently concluded an investigation but declined to take major enforcement action, and investigation of the European Commission (“EC”) continues to drag on. These investigations covered a variety of allegedly anticompetitive behavior, s...

Antitrust, the Internet, and the Economics of Networks

The Standardization Problem in Networks

Choosing the right set of communications standards is fundamental in any kind of interaction, especially in the coordination of economic activities. This decision problem, generally referred to as "the standardization problem", mainly results from interdependencies due to positive network effects. The problem has to be analyzed differently in centralized and decentralized networks. Therefore, w...

the problem of divine hiddenness

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- 2 - Vertical Antitrust Policy as a Problem of Inference : the Response of the American Antitrust Institute

Vertical Antitrust Policy as a Problem of Inference: The Response of the American Antitrust Institute Authors: William S. Comanor, F. M. Scherer, and Robert L. Steiner This paper offers a critique of a recent paper on vertical restraints by four Federal Trade Commission staff members. The FTC staff based much of their analysis on a survey of 22 previously published case studies. We argue that t...