The Economics and Antitrust of Digital Platforms and Social Media

December
02
2025 (Tuesday)
Time 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
2 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 210284
Instructor
Seth Benzell 
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Recorded
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Overview

The webinar covers Platforms, Power Laws, and Policy: Competition in the Age of Networks.

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Multi-sided market economics
  • When network effects tip and when interoperability flips the script
  • Data as an input: access, portability, and privacy trade-offs
  • Remedies: conduct vs. structural, interoperability mandates, data trusts, taxes and penalties
  • The law and economics of digital platform antitrust
  • Platforms and superstar outcomes

Who Will Benefit

  • All

Speaker Profile

Seth Benzell Assistant Professor, Chapman University (Argyros College of Business and Economics). Research on automation, social networks, antitrust, and social welfare; affiliations with MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Stanford Digital Economy Lab; co-host of the “Justified Posteriors” podcast; published in top general science, economics and law venues; advises firms and public agencies on AI and platform strategy.
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