Professor Ariel Ezrachi
Ariel Ezrachi is the Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He serves as the Director of the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy.
He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (OUP) and the author, co-author, editor and co-editor of numerous books, including Competition Overdose (2020, HarperCollins), Virtual Competition - The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm Driven Economy (2016, Harvard), EU Competition Law - An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases (7th ed, 2021, Hart), Competition and Antitrust Law - VSI (2021, OUP), Global Antitrust Compliance Handbook (2014, OUP), Research Handbook on International Competition Law (2012 EE), Intellectual Property and Competition Law: New Frontiers (2011, OUP), Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement (2011, Hart), Article 82 EC - Reflections on its recent evolution (2009, Hart) and Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy (2009, OUP).
His recently published papers focus on the digital economy, e-commerce, parity clauses, marketplace bans, vertical agreements, buyer power and the limits of competition law. They include the award winning papers 'Sponge', 'Artificial Intelligence & Collusion', and 'Sustainable and Unchallenged Algorithmic Tacit Collusion'. He is also author of the BEUC consultation paper on 'EU competition law and digital economy' and co-author of the report on 'Digital Platforms' (Stigler Center, Chicago University, Booth School of Business) and the Independent Expert Report on Digitalisation and its Impact on Innovation (EU Commission).
His research and commentary have been featured in The Economist, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian (opinion), The Guardian, Nikkei, Times Higher Education, Harvard Business Review, HBR (2), Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Chicago University Pro Market, New Scientist, Politico, Politico-pro, Politico-Tec, China Daily, OBLB, WIRED, BBC, Bloomberg, Concurrences, GCR, The Scotsman, The Times, Sunday Times, Fast Company, NewStatesman, UNCTAD, OECD, Forbes, Factor, The Australian, Business Insider, and other international outlets.
His work on algorithmic collusion (together with Prof Stucke) has been central to policy discussions in international organisations and competition agencies (including, among others, the CMA, OECD, UN, ICN, House of Lords, Monopolkommission, Autorite de la concurrence and the Bundeskartellamt).
He is part of a reserch project on Competition Policy and Economic Inequality, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
Recent Books
EU Competition Law, An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases, Hart Publishing, (7th ed, 2021)
Competition and Antitrust Law – VSI, OUP (2021)
Competition Overdose - How Free Market Mythology Transformed us from Citizen Kings to Market Servants (with M. E. Stucke) HarperCollins (2020)
Virtual Competition - The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm Driven Economy (with M. E. Stucke) Harvard University Press (2016)
Recent Reports
EU Competition Law Goals and The Digital Economy - Report commissioned by BEUC – The European Consumer Association, as part of an EU-wide consultation. (2019)
Private Digital Platforms & Competition Policy – Report commissioned by World Bank 2019 (With M Stucke)
Online Platforms and Market Power (2019) (with M. E. Stucke) – Submission to the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Market Structure and Antitrust Digital Platforms Project - Stigler Center, University of Chicago (2019) (with F Scott-Morton, P Bouvier, B Julien, R Katz, G Kimmelman, D Melamed, J Morgenstern)
Digitalisation and Its Impact on Innovation (2018) (with M. E. Stucke) - Report commissioned by the European Commission, DG Research & Innovation
Algorithmic Collusion: Problems and Counter-Measures (2017) (with M. E. Stucke) - Report commissioned by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for its Competition Committee’s Roundtable on Algorithms and Collusion (21-23 June 2017)
Recent Articles
‘Is This a Competition Problem? – The Challenge of Digitalisation and the Limits of Enforcement’ Keele Law Review, Volume 1 (2020), 60-86
‘Sustainable and unchallenged algorithmic tacit collusion’ (With M Stucke), 2020 Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property [Winner, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic Articles, Concerted Practices]
‘Rising to the challenge – Competition law and the digital economy’ (with J Modrall) 2019 CLI (editorial)
‘Online dystopia? – European Competition law and the digital economy’ (with A. Reyna) Competition law Insight 2019
‘Competition, Market Power and Third-Party Tracking’ (With V. Robertson) (2019) World Competition 42(1) 5
How Digital Assistants Can Harm Our Economy, Privacy, and Democracy (With M. Stucke) Berkeley Technology Law Journal [2018]
Alexa et al., What Are You Doing with My Data?’ (With M. Stucke) Critical Analysis of Law 5:1 [2018]
Professor Ariel Ezrachi
Ariel Ezrachi is the Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He serves as the Director of the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy.
He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (OUP) and the author, co-author, editor and co-editor of numerous books, including Competition Overdose (2020, HarperCollins), Virtual Competition - The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm Driven Economy (2016, Harvard), EU Competition Law - An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases (7th ed, 2021, Hart), Competition and Antitrust Law - VSI (2021, OUP), Global Antitrust Compliance Handbook (2014, OUP), Research Handbook on International Competition Law (2012 EE), Intellectual Property and Competition Law: New Frontiers (2011, OUP), Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement (2011, Hart), Article 82 EC - Reflections on its recent evolution (2009, Hart) and Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy (2009, OUP).
His recently published papers focus on the digital economy, e-commerce, parity clauses, marketplace bans, vertical agreements, buyer power and the limits of competition law. They include the award winning papers 'Sponge', 'Artificial Intelligence & Collusion', and 'Sustainable and Unchallenged Algorithmic Tacit Collusion'. He is also author of the BEUC consultation paper on 'EU competition law and digital economy' and co-author of the report on 'Digital Platforms' (Stigler Center, Chicago University, Booth School of Business) and the Independent Expert Report on Digitalisation and its Impact on Innovation (EU Commission).
His research and commentary have been featured in The Economist, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian (opinion), The Guardian, Nikkei, Times Higher Education, Harvard Business Review, HBR (2), Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Chicago University Pro Market, New Scientist, Politico, Politico-pro, Politico-Tec, China Daily, OBLB, WIRED, BBC, Bloomberg, Concurrences, GCR, The Scotsman, The Times, Sunday Times, Fast Company, NewStatesman, UNCTAD, OECD, Forbes, Factor, The Australian, Business Insider, and other international outlets.
His work on algorithmic collusion (together with Prof Stucke) has been central to policy discussions in international organisations and competition agencies (including, among others, the CMA, OECD, UN, ICN, House of Lords, Monopolkommission, Autorite de la concurrence and the Bundeskartellamt).
He is part of a reserch project on Competition Policy and Economic Inequality, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
Recent Books
EU Competition Law, An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases, Hart Publishing, (7th ed, 2021)
Competition and Antitrust Law – VSI, OUP (2021)
Competition Overdose - How Free Market Mythology Transformed us from Citizen Kings to Market Servants (with M. E. Stucke) HarperCollins (2020)
Virtual Competition - The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm Driven Economy (with M. E. Stucke) Harvard University Press (2016)
Recent Reports
EU Competition Law Goals and The Digital Economy - Report commissioned by BEUC – The European Consumer Association, as part of an EU-wide consultation. (2019)
Private Digital Platforms & Competition Policy – Report commissioned by World Bank 2019 (With M Stucke)
Online Platforms and Market Power (2019) (with M. E. Stucke) – Submission to the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Market Structure and Antitrust Digital Platforms Project - Stigler Center, University of Chicago (2019) (with F Scott-Morton, P Bouvier, B Julien, R Katz, G Kimmelman, D Melamed, J Morgenstern)
Digitalisation and Its Impact on Innovation (2018) (with M. E. Stucke) - Report commissioned by the European Commission, DG Research & Innovation
Algorithmic Collusion: Problems and Counter-Measures (2017) (with M. E. Stucke) - Report commissioned by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for its Competition Committee’s Roundtable on Algorithms and Collusion (21-23 June 2017)
Recent Articles
‘Is This a Competition Problem? – The Challenge of Digitalisation and the Limits of Enforcement’ Keele Law Review, Volume 1 (2020), 60-86
‘Sustainable and unchallenged algorithmic tacit collusion’ (With M Stucke), 2020 Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property [Winner, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic Articles, Concerted Practices]
‘Rising to the challenge – Competition law and the digital economy’ (with J Modrall) 2019 CLI (editorial)
‘Online dystopia? – European Competition law and the digital economy’ (with A. Reyna) Competition law Insight 2019
‘Competition, Market Power and Third-Party Tracking’ (With V. Robertson) (2019) World Competition 42(1) 5
How Digital Assistants Can Harm Our Economy, Privacy, and Democracy (With M. Stucke) Berkeley Technology Law Journal [2018]
Alexa et al., What Are You Doing with My Data?’ (With M. Stucke) Critical Analysis of Law 5:1 [2018]