Stanford Computational Antitrust

In this episode, Thibault Schrepel & Teodora Groza talk to Martijn Snoep, Chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM"), about how his agency is relying on computational antitrust.

In episode 30, Teodora Groza and Thibault Schrepel talk to Mahmoud A. Momtaz, Chairman of the Egyptian Competition Authority ("ECA") since January 2021. They discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the ECA, its enforcement strategies, and the role of computational antitrust in modern competition law. Follow the Stanford Computational Antitrust project at https://law.stanford.edu/computationalantitrust.

In this episode 29, Thibault Schrepel talks to Philip Hanspach (Bundeskartellamt) about his article entitled "⁠Economics in the Era of Machine Learning — What Do Competition Lawyers Need to Know?".

In this episode 28, Thibault Schrepel talks to Mariateresa Maggiolino (Università Bocconi) about her article entitled "Antitrust Concepts and Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Plausibility".

In episode 27, Thibault Schrepel and Teodora Groza speak with Angela Zhang, Professor of Law at USC and member of the computational antitrust project advisory board, about the complexities of regulating tech – likening it to high-wire walking. They discuss Angela’s latest book, “High Wire”, China's politicized antitrust enforcement, the potential role of computational tools, and how relationships between regulators and firms, such as Alibaba, differ from the West. The episode also explores how Great Power Competition politicizes antitrust enforcement, with implications for the future use of data-driven tools.

In this episode 26, Thibault Schrepel talks to Ulrich Wohak about his article (co-authored with Klaus Gugler and Florian Szücs) entitled “Using Natural Language Processing to Delineate Digital Markets” (freely available at https://law.stanford.edu/computationalantitrust)

In this episode 25, Teodora Groza & Thibault Schrepel talk with Erik Brynjolfsson (Stanford University) about how antitrust agencies can document market dynamism, gain a better understanding of the digital economy using the GDP-B measure, track AI dynamics, and more. Follow Stanford Computational Antitrust at https://law.stanford.edu/computationalantitrust

In episode 24, Thibault Schrepel talks to Cani Fernández, President of the National Commission for Markets and Competition in Spain. They discuss how computational antitrust can help explore the full scope of the consumer welfare standard, the role lawyers can play, where Cani Fernández will invest resources in the coming years, what she has done to ensure that the agency's computer scientists work with lawyers and vice versa, how computational tools can contribute to better coordination between competition law and regulation, how she deals with companies with large or small computational capabilities, and more. We hope you enjoy the conversation. Follow Stanford Computational Antitrust at https://law.stanford.edu/computationalantitrust.

In this episode 23, Teodora Groza & Thibault Schrepel talk with Eleanor Fox (NYU) about why, how, and when to use computational antitrust in the Global South. They also discuss institutional design, ideology in antitrust, and more. Follow Stanford Computational Antitrust at https://law.stanford.edu/computationalantitrust.

In this episode 22, Teodora Groza & Thibault Schrepel talk with Bill Kovacic about what it takes for antitrust agencies to implement computational antitrust (aka “antitrust 3.0”). Follow Stanford Computational Antitrust at https://law.stanford.edu/computationalantitrust.