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Large corporations increasingly dominate markets, the flow of information, and political influence. In response, many governments have used antitrust policies in an attempt to rein in companies. Examples include investigations and cases brought by the United States and the European Union against Google, in addition to major investigations against Microsoft, Facebook, and others.
This panel brings together scholars of political science, economics, and law to discuss the changing landscape of antitrust policy in an era of multinational corporations. Ryan Brutger (UC Berkeley, Political Science) will moderate the panel. Panelists include Amy Pond (Washington University St. Louis, Political Science), Prasad Krishnamurthy (UC Berkeley, Law), and Michael Allen (Stanford, Political Science). The panelists will speak about new challenges in competition policy, the domestic and international dimensions of antitrust policy, and the economic, political, and social considerations that shape antitrust policy and enforcement.
Panelists
Amy Pond is an Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining WashU, she taught at the Technical University of Munich and at Texas A&M University. Professor Pond conducts research in international and comparative political economy. Her current research looks at how market concentration and international ownership affect domestic policies, including the provision of public goods like property rights and democratic representation. She has also worked on trade and financial liberalization and the broader logic of institutional change.
Michael Allen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. His research interests span international political economy, international institutions, and law, with a focus on the politics of global capitalism. He studies how the growth of private authority influences domestic legal development and the power of countries to regulate foreign commerce. He also has ongoing research projects in related areas including special economic zones, transnational anti-corruption efforts and global competition law. Prior to joining Stanford, he earned a PhD in Government from Cornell University and held postdoctoral positions at Yale University and Harvard University.
Prasad Krishnamurthy joined the Berkeley Law Faculty in 2010. He holds a J.D. from the Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in economics from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in political philosophy from the University of Chicago. Prasad’s research and teaching interests include financial regulation, antitrust and competition policy, consumer law and policy, and distributive justice.
Ryan Brutger is an Associate Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in the department of Politics at Princeton University, where he received a Harold W. Dodds Fellowship. Prior to joining Berkeley, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Brutger specializes in experimental methodology, public opinion, and international relations. His research crosses political economy, international law, and international security, examining the domestic politics and political psychology of politics and economics. He also researches experimental methodology, with a focus on experimental design and survey experiments. He is also a 2024-2025 Matrix Faculty Fellow.
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