Competition policy

What the heck is a 28th Regime?

The European Commission’s new plan for business law, in context

Rebecca Christie, Fiona M. Scott Morton, Reinhilde Veugelers and Tobias Tröger

Where can Europe be independent?

Vestager and Brasso Sørensen discuss competitiveness, tech and the EU

Rebecca Christie, Margrethe Vestager and Ditte Brasso Sørensen

Europe needs a regulated market for personal data

Data markets would provide a middle ground between shutting down many online services and unchecked exploitation of users

Fiona M. Scott Morton

Europeans should be allowed to trade personal data

Well-designed data markets could curb gatekeeper power, protect privacy and pay users for sharing data, while preserving ad-supported digital services

Paul Heidhues, Nick Jacobson, Giorgio Monti and Fiona M. Scott Morton

Why does European rearmament need European competition?

Guntram B. Wolff

A new founding regime for Europe

Fiona M. Scott Morton and Reinhilde Veugelers

Regime 0: Europe-wide incorporation for startups to kickstart innovative growth

Fiona M. Scott Morton and Reinhilde Veugelers

Regime 0: Europe-wide incorporation for startups to kickstart innovative growth

An optional EU regime is proposed to lower barriers for high-growth startups via swift incorporation, simple governance and cross-border access

Fiona M. Scott Morton and Reinhilde Veugelers

The challenge of AI encroachment into online search and advertising

AI-driven answers erode search engine dominance and highlight the need for new strategies to promote competition in digital markets

Bertin Martens

CET technical workshop on merger guidelines

Fiona M. Scott Morton

The Nobel Prize committee’s message for European innovation

The award of the Nobel Prize to economists working on creative destruction contains a lesson that policymakers should be ready to let some firms go

Fiona M. Scott Morton

It is time for an independent European Digital Authority

The European Commission cannot simultaneously be both a political body and a credible regulatory watchdog

Mario Mariniello