Regulation, Innovation, and Competition: A Transatlantic Perspective
Co-hosted by the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI), the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, and the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA), this event brings together leading economists and policy experts to examine how competition policy in digital markets is shaping innovation incentives, merger enforcement, and market dynamics across the United States and Europe.
Online
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
How is digital regulation reshaping innovation – and are the US and EU moving in the same direction?
As competition policy increasingly focuses on innovation, mergers, and market dynamics rather than prices alone, policymakers across the globe face new challenges: how to assess harms to innovation, how to regulate dominant platforms, and how to design effective enforcement tools under uncertainty.
The event “Regulation, Innovation, and Competition: A Transatlantic Perspective” – co-hosted by KGI, the Stigler Center, and ASCOLA – brings together leading economists and policy experts to explore:
- When regulation discourages vs. redirects innovation
- The role of mergers and acquisition strategies in digital markets
- The trade-offs between EU-style ex ante regulation and US ex post enforcement
- Whether transatlantic approaches are converging or diverging
Speakers:
Florian Ederer (Boston University)
Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)
Jonathan Sallet (Harvard Kennedy School)
Moderators Filippo Lancieri (Georgetown Law Center) and Tracy Xu (KGI)
📅 May 11, 2026 | 🕛 12:00 – 1:00 PM (ET)
💻 Online | Free registration
Registration is required. Register here.