Ben Sperry

International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)

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The Law and Economics of Data and Privacy in Antitrust Analysis

2014 TPRC Conference Paper
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2017
Geoffrey A. Manne and Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
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antitrust, privacy, data, competition, consumer protection, common law, advertising

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The Problems and Perils of Bootstrapping Privacy and Data into an Antitrust Framework

CPI Antitrust Chronicle, May 2015
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Jun 2015
Geoffrey A. Manne and Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
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Competition Law, Privacy, Antitrust, Big Data, Data-driven, Mergers, Monopolization

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A Critical Assessment of the Latest Charge of Google's Anticompetitive Bias from Yelp and Tim Wu

ICLE Antitrust & Consumer Protection Research Program White Paper 2016-3
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Oct 2016
Geoffrey A. Manne, Ben Sperry and Kristian Stout
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
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Google, Search Bias, Search Neutrality, Antitrust, Yelp, Foreclosure, Competition

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When Past Is Not Prologue: The Weakness of the Economic Evidence against Health Insurance Mergers

ICLE Antitrust & Consumer Protection Research Program White Paper 2016-4
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Geoffrey A. Manne and Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
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Health Insurance, Mergers, Antitrust, Aetna/Human, Cigna/Anthem, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Consolidation

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Who Moderates the Moderators?: A Law and Economics Approach to Holding Online Platforms Accountable Without Destroying the Internet

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Nov 2021
Geoffrey A. Manne, Kristian Stout and Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
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Section 230, online intermediary liability, collateral enforcement, indirect liability, online platforms, online intermediaries, Communications Decency Act

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The Law and Economics of the FCC's Transaction Review Process

TPRC 41: The 41st Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2013
Geoffrey A. Manne, William Rinehart, William Rinehart, Ben Sperry, Matt Starr and Berin Szóka
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), American Action ForumInternational Center for Law and Economics, International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), ICLE and TechFreedom
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FCC, transaction review, spectrum screen, antitrust, HHI, entry, spectrum, mergers

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In ICANN We Trust: Assuring Accountable Internet Governance

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Apr 2016
Kristian Stout, Geoffrey A. Manne and Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
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A Conflict of Visions: How the '21st Century First Amendment' Violates the Constitution's First Amendment

First Amendment Law Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Jul 2015
Geoffrey A. Manne, Ben Sperry, Thomas Struble and Berin Szóka
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), R Street Institute and TechFreedom
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Net Neutrality, Open Internet Order, First Amendment, Internet

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Credit Cards and the Reverse Robin Hood Fallacy: Do Credit Card Rewards Really Steal from the Poor and Give to the Rich?

Banking and Financial Services Policy Review, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 21-41
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Dec 2021
Todd J. Zywicki, Ben Sperry and Julian Morris
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty, International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law and Economics
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credit card, reward program, credit card fees, wealth transfer, reverse Robin Hood

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Vertical Integration, Paid Prioritization and the Marketplace Realities that Undermine the FCC's Open Internet Rules

Posted: 02 Apr 2015
Geoffrey A. Manne and Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)

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net neutrality, Open Internet Order, FCC, vertical integration, paid prioritization, competition, edge providers, ISPs

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COPPA 2.1: An Economic and Legal Analysis of the FTC's New Rule

Posted: 01 Apr 2014
Ben Sperry
International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)

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COPPA, privacy, children, law and economics, First Amendment, administrative law