Rivals' prices, and the ability to monitor them, play a special role in pricing algorithms. Zach Brown and I discuss the research and the implications in the latest CPI Antitrust Chronicle on Surveillance Pricing. Read the article here: tinyurl.com/2pj93aat

Pricing algorithms that provide a speed advantage and commitment can be worse for consumers than full collusion, from Zach Y. Brown and Alex MacKay nber.org/papers/w34070

Little late, but worth sharing — The Wall Street Journal covered our study on the impact of access to full-day childcare services in CT w John Eric Humphries Seth Zimmerman The finding that earnings rise and stay higher well beyond the period when kids are in childcare is striking to me, particularly