Dr. Liad Wagman was a Senior Research Fellow at the Data Catalyst Institute (2022), where he was a frequent contributor of both research reports and short pieces with a focus on competition and antitrust.
This paper reviews some of the available research on the regulation of multi-sided marketplaces as well as specific aspects of the NYC fee cap law and concludes that government-imposed fee caps are bad policy.
A partisan move by FTC Commissioners seeks to block Meta from acquiring a small VR company. This move upends decades of antitrust standards and likely causes more harm than good.
Analysis of datasets on M&A and venture activity shows Big Tech's startup acquisitions don't reduce competition or dampen innovation.
This paper analyzes how several pieces of Congressional legislation (notably the American Innovation and Choice Online Act) would disrupt platforms that tech startups heavily rely on.
New policies propose to ban platforms from selling in their own marketplaces but disregard the economic benefits of seller-operated marketplaces.
DCI Competition Fellow Liad Wagman analyzes the application of antitrust rules to labor markets, in light of a new Democrat majority running the FTC.
New research results call for a reevaluation of policymakers’ assumptions about "big tech" M&A, and suggest that tech acquisitions are actually a symptom of healthy competition.
These new research results call for a reevaluation of policymakers’ assumptions about "big tech" M&A. In particular, they suggest that tech acquisitions are a symptom of healthy competition. (Part 2/2)
These new research results call for a reevaluation of policymakers’ assumptions about "big tech" M&A. In particular, they suggest that tech acquisitions are a symptom of healthy competition. (Part 1/2)
Several U.S. state attorneys general have argued that Facebook is guilty of anticompetitive conduct while blurring the lines between legitimate and illegitimate competition.
The FTC's tunnel-vision focus on the sheer number of tiny acquisitions by "big tech" during the past decade is being used as justification for a complete antitrust system overhaul.
This Technical Report models the effects of stricter data regulation rules on publishers and advertisers of various sizes interacting in a network.
