Reports
Economic Impact of the Imposition of a Universal Service Fund Obligation on Cloud Services in the United States
A new study finds that a proposal to impose Universal Service fund fees on cloud services would increase cloud prices, drive cost-push inflation, reduce cloud adoption, reduce national GDP, reduce ...
Assessment of the Economic Costs of Imposing Abuse of Dominance Standards in New York State
The imposition of state-level "abuse of dominance" standards like those in the 21st Century Antitrust Act would lead to state-level antitrust policies stricter than federal antitrust standards. For...
Digital Video Piracy Impacts on Sales Overestimated in Key Report
A single paper on digital video copyright infringement has been central to many aggressive claims about the impact of digital piracy to the U.S. film and television industries. This report evaluate...
A New Digital Competition Regime: Insights into Economic Risks
The New Digital Competition Regime proposed by The Australian Government would implement ex ante regulation for designated digital platforms. This report offers policy guidance to decision-makers o...
Omnichannel Retail and E-Commerce Save Consumers Time and Money, and Reduce Emissions
E-commerce and omni-channel retail options have transformed the way consumers shop, offering significant time and fuel savings, as well as environmental advantages. This paper estimates how much ti...
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 ...
