Reports
An Analysis of the Performance of European Venture Capital-Funded Startups
The Digital Markets Act and antitrust enforcer scrutiny eliminated European startup acquisitions by explicitly targeted U.S. companies and reduced European startup acquisitions by other large U.S. ...
Generative AI: an Assessment of Competitive Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific Region
RBB Economics analyzed competition across the AI stack in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and concluded that the AI market in the APAC region exhibits intense, healthy competition across the entire ...
Fair Use in the U.S. Economy – 2025 Edition
A range of exceptions to copyright protection under U.S. law, classified here under the broad heading of fair use, sustain companies that represent nearly one-fifth of total U.S. GDP. This study fi...
2025 Survey of Product Impact in the Connected Economy: Artificial Intelligence
The CCIA Research Center's 2025 Survey of Product Impact in the Connected Economy: Artificial Intelligence finds that generative AI is the most rapidly adopted general purpose technology in history...
Costs to U.S. Companies from EU Digital Services Regulation
There has been a dramatic increase in EU regulation of the digital economy from the late 2010s through 2025, and the costs of these regulations to U.S. companies are becoming enormous: up to $97.6 ...
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...