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March 3, 2023 • Southern Economic Journal

Is the “smoke-filled room” necessary? An experimental study of the effect of communication networks on collusion

By Dr. Siyu Wang Timothy J. Flannery

Siyu Wang and Timothy Flannery published a new article on Southern Economic Journal.

January 23, 2023 • Mercatus Center

California May Be Trying to Evade the Consumer Welfare Standard in Its Antitrust Lawsuit against Amazon

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

There are good reasons to believe that the California complaint is targeting conduct by Amazon that may actually be beneficial for consumers and competition.

December 2, 2021 • Pelican Institute

The Proper Role for States in Antitrust Lawsuits

By Dr. Theodore Bolema Eric Peterson

States can also provide a useful check on overly aggressive federal enforcement by providing courts with a traditional perspective on antitrust law.

The Proper Role for State in Antitrust Lawsuits

July 1, 2021 • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

The Impact of Parental Migration on Social Identity – A Framed Field Experiment with Left-behind Children in China

By Dr. Siyu Wang Hui Xu

We find that children, regardless of their own identity, show stronger generosity towards left-behind children.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

March 30, 2021

A Short-Term Focus in Reporting Requirements Hides Uncomfortable Financial Truths

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

Testimony before the Government Accounting Standards Board on maintaining and improving current standards for government reporting and transparency.

A Short-Term Focus in Reporting Requirements Hides Uncomfortable Financial Truths

March 20, 2021 • The Independent Review

Infectious Diseases and Government Growth

By Nathan P. Goodman Christopher Coyne Dr. Abigail Devereaux

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world adopted a variety of policies expanding the scope of their power.

February 22, 2021 • The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University

Net Neutrality: Internet Regulation and the Plans to Bring it Back

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

This peer-reviewed chapter by Dr. Bolema is from "Regulation and Economic Opportunity: Blueprints for Reform", a book published in February, 2021.

February 11, 2021 • Free State Foundation

Hiding the Subsidy: The Financial Transparency Problem with Municipal Broadband Systems

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG's Ted Bolema produced this policy paper for Perspectives from Free State Foundation Scholars, Vol. 16, No. 7, February 11, 2021.

February 1, 2021 • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

The Aspirational Income Hypothesis: Limits of the Relative Income Hypothesis

By Elias Khalil Jason Aimone Daniel Houser Dr. Siyu Wang Deborah Martinez Kun Qian

According to the “relative income hypothesis,” decision makers derive positive utility from identifying with a group that performs more poorly than they do.

February 1, 2021 • Games

Intention or Request: The Impact of Message Structures

By Dr. Siyu Wang Timothy J. Flannery

This paper investigates how different message structures impact communication strategy as well as sender and receiver behavior.

January 26, 2021 • Cosmos + Taxis

Expert failure and pandemics: On adapting to life with pandemics

By Jon Murphy Dr. Abigail Devereaux Nathan P. Goodman Roger Koppl

In a pandemic, citizens and policymakers must rely on expert opinion. What are the institutional arrangements that allow for the best advice to come forward?

September 16, 2020 • Free State Foundation

Lessons from the Department of Justice v. AT&T: The Difficulty of Predicting Outcomes in Dynamic Markets

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG's Ted Bolema argues that more caution and modesty should be exhibited in making antitrust assessments in technologically dynamic markets.

September 7, 2020 • Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

The digital Wild West: on social entrepreneurship in extended reality

By Dr. Abigail Devereaux

The challenges presented by rapidly advancing XR may require much more agile forms of governance than are available from public institutions.

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

July 27, 2020 • Free State Foundation

Municipal Broadband Proponents Falsely Claim No Harm to Taxpayers

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG's Executive Director Ted Bolema argues against government operated broadband systems in this policy paper published in July of 2020. Read more!

July 9, 2020 • Free State Foundation

New Vertical Merger Guidelines Are Consistent With FSF Comments

By Dr. Theodore Bolema Randolph J. May

ISEG's Executive Director Ted Bolema argues the new Vertical Merger Guidelines are largely a positive pro-consumer development which add transparency. Read more

July 1, 2020 • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Collective Experimentation: A Laboratory Study

By Mikhail Freer Cesar A. Martinelli Dr. Siyu Wang

Majority rule seems to lead to better outcomes than other forms of voting when players make mistakes.

June 18, 2020 • Free State Foundation

Local Governments Find New Ways to Evade State-Level Municipal Broadband Restrictions

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG Executive Director Ted Bolema calls for local governments to lower barriers for deployment of private broadband networks and give consumers more options.

March 30, 2020 • Discourse Magazine

Congress Bails Out Some Pension Plans, But Does Nothing to Fix the Problem

By Dr. Theodore Bolema Eileen Norcross

ISEG's Ted Bolema and Mercatus Center's Dr. Eileen Norcross explore the outcomes likely from the $86 billion bailout for underfunded pension plans.

January 15, 2020 • Journal of Institutional Economics

Give us a little social credit: to design or to discover personal ratings in the era of Big Data

By Dr. Abigail Devereaux Linan Peng

In 2014, the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party announced the institution of a social credit system by 2020.

Journal of Institutional Economics Vol 16 No 3

January 7, 2020 • Free State Foundation

There is Nothing Anemic About the FTC’s Consumer Protection Capabilities

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG's Ted Bolema argues broadband consumers are well served by the FTC taking the lead in fulfilling these important consumer protection functions.

October 10, 2019 • Free State Foundation

Municipal Broadband’s Tilted Playing Field: Advantages Created by City Self-Dealing

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

Ted Bolema argues local governments often have potentially better options available to them that they do not explore when considering government broadband.

July 8, 2019 • Free State Foundation

The DOJ Needs to Reconsider Market Definition for Advertising Markets

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG's Ted Bolema argues that the Department of Justice's approach to subdividing advertising markets is outdated and distorting how the DOJ should react.

May 1, 2019 • Games and Economic Behavior

Demanding or deferring? An experimental analysis of the economic value of communication with attitude

By Dr. Siyu Wang Daniel Houser

Research has shown that natural language communication is more effective than intention-signaling in promoting coordination.

April 24, 2019 • The Journal of Private Enterprise

The Augmented Commons: How Augmented Reality Aids Agile Self-Organization

By Dr. Abigail Devereaux

Augmented reality (AR) is a real-time, interactive user experience that inserts virtual computer-generated elements into a user’s environment.

April 4, 2019 • Free State Foundation

Protecting Privacy on the Internet: Key Principles for Any Reform

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

Ted Bolema argues that legislation to enhance privacy protection start with a firm foundation so they can be equally applied and overseen by the FTC.

December 13, 2018 • Free State Foundation

D.C. Circuit Skeptical of AT&T/Time Warner Merger Appeal

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

Bolema argues while it is risky to predict an appeal outcome from judges’ questions, they indicate the DOJ hasn't shown enough to overcome the earlier ruling.

November 29, 2018 • Free State Foundation

Revisiting the Comcast/NBCU Merger: Antitrust Claims Have Even Less Merit Than in 2011

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

Bolema argues DOJ has no compelling reason to revisit and can avoid questions about investigations being politically motivated by deploying resources elsewhere.

November 15, 2018 • The American Economist

Contrasting Visions for Macroeconomic Theory: DSGE and OEE

By Dr. Abigail Devereaux Richard E. Wagner

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) modeling remains the workhorse of contemporary macroeconomics despite a growing number of critiques.

October 18, 2018 • Free State Foundation

The DOJ’s Rather Unusual AT&T/Time Warner Merger Appeal

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

ISEG Executive Director Ted Bolema finds most of DOJ’s brief does not even address the specific shortcomings Judge Leon identified.

September 24, 2018 • Free State Foundation

No Evidence Open Internet Order’s Repeal Has Affected Internet “Throttling”

By Dr. Theodore Bolema

Ted Bolema argues this type of regulatory mandate to combat throttling will only lead to less innovation and more diversion of investment, harming consumers.