The New Goliaths: How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director’s, new book featured in Politics Today, March 6, 2023.
Tag: Regulation
Unlocking Frontier Technology: The Policy Challenge of the Digital Economy
James Bessen writing for The Innovation Frontier Project at the Progressive Policy Institute on policy implications of large-scale IT investment leading to declining competition and increasing inequality.
Declining Industrial Dynamism
James Bessen, Erich Denk, Joowon Kim, and Cesare Righi
New research shows the effects of investments in IT on reducing turnover among dominant firms.
Study Finds Salary History Bans Boost Pay for African-Americans, Women
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in the Wall Street Journal, about the effectiveness of salary history bans in reducing the pay gap for women and minorities.
Perpetuating Inequality: What Salary History Bans Reveal About Wages
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng
New research shows the positive effects of laws prohibiting employers from asking about job applicants’ prior salaries in reducing pay gaps for women and minorities.
GDPR and Artificial Intelligence
James Bessen, Michael Impink, Lydia Reichensperger, and Robert Seamans cited in the Regulatory Review about their recent paper on the effect of the GDPR on AI startups.
GDPR and the Importance of Data to AI Startups
James Bessen, Stephen Michael Impink, Lydia Reichensperger, and Robert Seamans
New research on the impact of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regime (“GDPR”) and data regulation on AI startups using unique survey data of commercial AI startups.
The ACCESS Act Promises to Benefit Consumers
Robert Seamans in Forbes, about a new bill designed to improve competition and data portability between digital platforms.
Should We Break Up Big Tech?
Timothy Simcoe quoted in BU Today, on keeping tech firms from getting too big.
Serial Collusion by Multi-Product Firms
William E. Kovacic, Robert C. Marshall, and Michael J. Meurer
New research and policy recommendations to combat serial collusion by firms selling multiple products.