Reposted by Nicolas PetitBen Schroeter @benschroeter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Must read by @lugaricano.bsky.social and @competitionprof.bsky.social. constitutionofinnovation.euconstitutionofinnovation.euThe Constitution of Innovation: A New European RenaissanceAn academic paper examining Europe's innovation challenges and proposing a constitutional framework for economic renaissance. 032
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Decline is a choice, not a fate. This week, Luis Garicano @siliconcontinent.substack.com.web.brid.gy and Bengt Holmström (MIT), we launched The Constitution of Innovation - a a new European renaissance. We make 6 proposals. Read them at constitutionofinnovation.eu #Europe #Innovation 1/6constitutionofinnovation.euThe Constitution of Innovation: A New European RenaissanceAn academic paper examining Europe's innovation challenges and proposing a constitutional framework for economic renaissance. 121
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 27/10/2025My latest paper explains why the US v Google case identified monopoly power on the wrong side of the bargaining table. Comments welcome 🙏 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 021
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2025This is so uplifting. There are so many strong symbols to celebrate behind the award: democracy, individual freedom, free markets, and institutions like Nobel that remain independent from political pressure. 010
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Am conducting a survey: what did the digital economy break? - local journalism - information trustworthiness - … Please help me complete 100
Reposted by Nicolas PetitMauro Gilli @maurogilli.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Hey students from Sweden 🇸🇪: here you can find information for three full scholarships to come to study international security at the Hertie School (@hertieschool.bsky.social, @hertiesecurity.bsky.social) in Berlin. www.hertie-school.org/en/study/fun...hertie-school.orgAx:son Johnson ScholarshipThis scholarship is for applicants from Sweden with a demonstrated interest in international security and German-Swedish relations. 075
Reposted by Nicolas PetitEUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Our professor @competitionprof.bsky.social quoted in Politico Europe on the landmark ASML–Mistral deal and its implications for European tech sovereignty 🇪🇺💻 www.politico.eu/article/asml...politico.euASML-Mistral is Europe’s dream tech tie-up. Can it deliver?Two tech champions face the daunting task of keeping Europe on the AI map. 011
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The only value of a university is structural, not substantive. Very nice piece from former @eui-eu.bsky.social law professor Dennis Patterson on academic neutrality www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comHow to save the American universityAs Trump threatens funding and public trust plummets, US schools are in the fight of a lifetime. This is how they can survive – with their souls intact 000
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 21/08/2025It’s that time to repost “understanding market power” - a full guide to the tricky but essential economics behind antitrust law. If you teach or study antitrust this fall, feel free to use it. Feedback is very welcome to help me improve the next version papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 021
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Coup de foudre. Le sublime atteint sous la plume de l’empereur Hadrien. Ne naît-on littérairement qu’après sa première rencontre avec Marguerite Yourcenar? 010
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 15/08/2025One day against the DMA, the next one against. It’s like his support to Trump. At least Musk is consistent in inconsistency 😁. 000
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Check out today’s exhibit on misinformation: @economist.com subtitle suggesting a baseline of irrelevance at the EUI. 032
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Encouraging to see Brussels push back on political interference in legitimate bank M&A. Less ideal that consolidation is unfolding along national lines. The big question: will stronger national champions finally unlock real cross-border banking in the EU? 000
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Can’t be true! Legal scholars claim Amazon dominates without rivals. Economists claim algorithms collude. When theory fails to match reality… ignore reality? 220
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Big data, big power … big what exactly? Was a delight to discuss with @ivanenadic.bsky.social. Looking fwd to our next coffee. 061
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 14/05/2025As @jeffjarvis.bsky.social might say: blaming the decades-old collapse of local journalism on one company - no matter how big - is grotesque. Correlation isn’t causation, even if you’ve got a Nobel Prize. 010
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 01/05/2025The legal illnesses of the EU surface from this 🔥 thread by @lugaricano 1️⃣ Integration through law bureaucratised Europe breaking our ability to build 2️⃣ Infatuation w/ a European 3rd way led to dismiss existing solutions that scale works across energy, health, digital, … 021
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The antitrust cases in @FTC v Meta and US v Google are strong examples of a phenomenon known in economics as 'time inconsistency'. What seems like efficient correction today may lead to unintended economic distortions tomorrow. A thread 🧵1/n. 110
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Quick puzzle on the US v Google remedy trial. Press coverage suggests the Government's focus is as much punitive/deterrent as restorative. So why is the Gov pushing for a breakup? From a legal standpoint, there are better options than breakups for punishment or compensation 1/n 110
Reposted by Nicolas PetitZander Arnao @zanderarnao.bsky.social · 11/04/2025@competitionprof.bsky.social asks - would George Stigler approve of regulating big tech? See Stigler's foundational paper 👇 www.jstor.org/stable/3003160 #StiglerAntitrust25jstor.org 021
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Interesting new GenAI feature that Meta rolled out on WhatsApp. As I wrote in my 2020 book, winner-takes-most dynamics in digital often arise from a process of competition *for* the best User Interface (UI) #AI 1/n 110
Reposted by Nicolas PetitJoshua Gans @joshgans.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Apparently, if you want an LLM trained on the corpus of my writing and research, Meta is the one for you. 1101
Reposted by Nicolas PetitMauro Gilli @maurogilli.bsky.social · 21/03/2025To sum it up: Elon said only morons buy jet-fighters, Andreessen doubled down on it, Shyam Shankar wrote First Breakfast & the 18 thesis to break the oligopoly of Military-Industrial Complex, and in the end Boeing will build the next jet-fighter. www.defensenews.com/air/2025/03/...defensenews.comBoeing wins contract for NGAD fighter jet, dubbed F-47The Air Force said Boeing's F-47 will fly by the end of President Trump's administration. 73214
Reposted by Nicolas PetitLeah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comFTC Nominee Mark Meador Pledges to Focus on Tech, Noncompete AgreementsMark Meador, President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the third Republican seat on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, told a Senate panel the agency should focus on the tech industry and the ab... 011
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Library access not working 😢. Can someone help? I want to read Majone 1. Regulatory federalism in the European Community 2. Europe as the Would-be World Power: The EU at Fifty 3. Federation, confederation, and mixed government: A EU-US comparison. 🙏 tons for any help. 000
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 19/02/2025📖 Our article with @MarcoAlmada on the AI Act is now available at the Common Market Law Review! "The EU AI Act: Between the rock of product safety and the hard place of fundamental rights" 🎸 gives an intro to the Act's provisions and regulatory logics papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 062
Reposted by Nicolas PetitEUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Max Weber Fellow @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social, alumni @leticiadiezsanchez.bsky.social, Sarah Tas, Theodosia Stavroulaki, and @marcoalmada.com, as well as Prof. @competitionprof.bsky.social 🎓👏 📖 Read the full edition here: ➡ loom.ly/eEdfP8Q 022
Reposted by Nicolas PetitBerkeley Policy Institute @berkpolicyinst.bsky.social · 14/02/2025In a Journal of European Competition Law & Practice editorial, @competitionprof.bsky.social (EUI Law Dept. & Dynamic Competition Initiative) and David Teece (BPI Executive Director) propose a new way forward: integrating #capabilities into #competitionlaw. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comCapabilities: The Next Step For The Economic Construction Of Competition LawCompetition policy can help promote an economy's innovation potential. To advance this goal, a shift toward studying firm-level capabilities is essential. Capab 011
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Read this, then remember the competitive apocalypse predicted by anti-monopoly charlatans in the dawn of the Google/Fitbit merger techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/s...techcrunch.comSmartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form | TechCrunchFour years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter’s history, smartwatch maker Pebble abruptly closed in 2016, 000
Reposted by Nicolas Petitshepter.bsky.social @shepter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Trump’s negotiating style is similar to a guy walking into a convenience store with a suicide vest and walking out with a pack of gum. 1169999
Reposted by Nicolas PetitAhmad Lashkaripour @lashkaripour.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I have several papers that explore tariff wars using economic models. Here’s what they tell us about likely outcomes (🧵) TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries. 44822
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The EU needs a DDA, that is a Digital Deregulation Act. 051
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Last week's deal btw Zuckerberg and Trump? Content moderation v sale of TikTok to unfit buyer. Facebook's best-case scenario => Musk does to TikTok what he does to Twitter. 011
Reposted by Nicolas PetitFlorian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Never a dull day in antitrust Chinese officials discuss sale of TikTok to Elon Musk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comChina Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible OptionChinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according... 1101
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Last week, one of our papers was mentioned by none other than Nobel Laureate @dacemoglumit.bsky.social. I want to take the opportunity to engage critically with the points he raised in his recent "Remaking the Tech Sector" thread. I write here as an econ-friendly antitrust lawyer🧵 1/N 132
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Remarquable essai d’Eva Illouz expliquant les ressorts de la faute morale d’une gauche s’oubliant à l’antisémitisme. 000
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The @financialtimes.com recently featured a piece asking if France, and Europe, could become “a global AI powerhouse”. The FT piece has clear connections with the Draghi Report's embrace of a form of ‘European Preference’ 🇪🇺 in the chapter on competition policy. #AI #DraghiReport 1/n 131
Reposted by Nicolas PetitPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 02/01/2025It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm. And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...euronews.comHigh-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debutsThe route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres. 16666741559
Reposted by Nicolas PetitIgor Letina @igorletina.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Planning your 2025 economics conference schedule? I've updated my list of general interest, IO, and theory conferences: www.igorletina.com/conferences.... New this year: you can generate a calendar file 📅 to easily track dates and submission deadlines of selected conferences. #econsky 24615
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 02/01/2025What I meant a few days ago by EU preference is an exorbitant law and policy approach supportive of domestic AI ecosystems like Station F and firms like @mistralai.bsky.social 1/n 161
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 02/01/2025 🤯 that even with Trump’s bad economic policies, “most economists — including at the IMF, the OECD and the European Commission — forecast stronger growth in the US than in Europe in 2025”. #draghi #competitiveness 000
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 01/01/2025May 2025 bring you and your family large gains in consumer welfare! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 010
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 30/12/2024While the political influence of big tech monopolies is a hot topic, it's remarkable that few of Trump's appointees are drawn from their ranks 1/n 100
Reposted by Nicolas PetitBruegel @bruegel.org · 29/12/2024‼️ DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR: ➡️ Energy and climate economist: buff.ly/3D2Oq3h ➡️ Economist with expertise in international climate finance: buff.ly/3Zz0UHu ➡️ Micro-economist with expertise in digital economy and competition policy: buff.ly/3ZVzEEF #EconSkybuff.lyEnergy and climate economistDeadline for applications: 31 December 2024, 23:59 CET 044
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Among law professors, the great @marklemley.bsky.social stands unrivaled as the champion of engagement on Bluesky. Truly in a relevant market of his own. 0103
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 27/12/2024There’s an easy way for people to fix their twitter cesspool. Cut down the accounts you follow by a factor 10. 010