convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better. Computers colluding is one danger … reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition … data and big analytics -- Light touch antitrust -- Looking beyond the facade of competition -- Part II. The collusion …

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dispersion increases with competition. We find that competition has a negative effect on price dispersion, in line with the … traditional textbook treatment of price discrimination. Specifically, the effects of competition on price dispersion are most … routes with a more homogeneous customer base, the effects of competition on price discrimination are largely insignificant …

We investigate the effect of competition on price dispersion in the airline industry. Using panel data from 1993 to … 2008, we find a non-monotonic effect of competition on price dispersion. An increase in competition is associated with …

competitive practices. I study competition in this market by analyzing how lenders target and acquire new customers using direct …-mail, their principal acquisition channel. I find competition greatly impacts a lender’s profits. Average annual profit is 31 …%-53% ($73-$185 million) lower compared to a monopoly counterfactual. Competition also considerably reduces additional profits …

This paper examines how market competition affects the intensity and breadth of innovation. I assembled a unique … between price competition and innovation. When collusion suppressed price competition, colluding firms increased patent … technology classes increased by 30%. When competition was restored by collusion breakdown, the increased and broadened innovation …