Reports
Antitrust Enforcement Over-deters Acquisitions, Squeezing Smaller Startups and Venture Capital Investors
A "process is the punishment" antitrust enforcement regime from mid-2021 through 2024 over-deterred acquisitions, significantly impacting venture-backed startups and venture capital investors. This...
Impacts of Global Digital Service Tax Contagion on the United States
At least a dozen countries have targeted U.S. companies with discriminatory digital services taxes (DSTs), and dozens more are considering DSTs, highlighting global contagion risk. If all foreign j...
Consumer Welfare Impacts of Online and Omnichannel Retail
A new academic study finds that omnichannel retailers increasingly offer consumers a mix of brick-and-mortar options and e-commerce options, consumers no longer care about whether a purchase is mad...
The AI-Driven Future Is Now, And It’s Desktop-Enabled
A large survey of consumers and enterprise users found that desktop computers and browsers are holding their own against smartphones, and may even be beating out smartphones with respect to AI tool...
Impact of the Liberal Democrats Proposed Increase to the UK Digital Service Tax
Analysis of the UK LibDem proposal to triple the UK's Digital Services Tax (DST) reveals that an increase in the DST from 2% to 6% would harm U.S. companies by $2.7 billion USD to $4.4 billion USD ...
Assessment of Economic Costs of Imposing Abuse of Dominance Standards at the State Level
Impacts of Canada’s Proposed Digital Service Tax on the United States
Canadian Bill C-59 would impose a digital services tax (DST) of 3% on revenues from online marketplaces, online advertising, social media, and user data services. The DST would disproportionately...
Bundled Benefits of Retail Memberships in Mexico
The study evaluates retail membership bundles at Mexico’s leading four Big Box stores: Walmart Pass, Sam’s Club, Costco, and H-E-B Prime in Mexico, finding not only that bundling generates a Me...
Economic Analysis of Market Licensing v. OEM Restricted Licensing for Standard and Essential Patents
The latest research on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) shows that there are potential problems in SEP licensing that may result in excessive royalties beyond the technical contribution of a paten...
