This paper investigates the relationship between competition law and income inequality using ‎panel data techniques for a large sample of countries over the period 1960–2010. Applying ‎our analysis to a World sample and OECD countries, we find consistent evidence of a ‎negative, and in...

To what extent does the choice of competition law text associate with economic ‎inequality? While competition laws have been suggested as a possible factor ‎contributing to current inequality trends in developed countries and as a viable ‎instrument to address them, little empirical...

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many...

This paper considers some of the challenges that the exercise of market power in commodity markets poses for public policy, focusing on the case of wholesale electricity. The particular economic characteristics of electricity markets can give rise to market conditions where the price...

Protection of consumer welfare is a central pillar of competition law enforcement. Although not the sole goal pursued by competition law, such protection – preventing unjustified transfer of wealth from consumers to producers – is a common feature of modern competition regimes. In the...