John Kwoka Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics j.kwoka@northeastern.edu 617.373.2252 Expertise antitrust policy, COVID-19, industrial organization, regulation John Kwoka in the Press Bloomberg Law Real Estate Commissions Face Added Scrutiny in Justice Probe Equipped with renewed investigative authority, the DOJ will likely seek to compel a complete separation of compensation for buyers’ agents and sellers’ agents, said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and former Federal Trade Commission chief economist under agency Chair Lina Khan. Apple Antitrust Suit Marks Broad US Attack on iPhone Dominance “It’s fundamentally re-framing all of these as jigsaw puzzle pieces and looks at the entirety of the package,” said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and former Federal Trade Commission chief economist under agency chair Lina Khan. The Verge ‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise “DOJ has stepped back from the details and simply asked and answered the question, what are all these about?” says John Kwoka, professor of economics at Northeastern University who recently served as chief economist to FTC Chair Lina Khan. Business Insider Realtors face billions in damages for overcharging home buyers and sellers As John Kwoka, an economist and antitrust researcher at Northeastern University, told me: The incentives aren’t aligned. Smaller Airlines Seek Mergers to Compete With Industry Giants “Smaller competitors, typically, are the one that breaks ranks,” said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and an antitrust expert who has advised states and the Justice Department on airline mergers. Google to present its star witness, the company’s CEO, in landmark monopoly trial “The Microsoft case was, at the time, talked about as the case of the century,” said John Kwoka, a Northeastern University economics professor who researches antitrust. The American Prospect The Bottom-Up Battle Against Corporate Power Northeastern University economics professor John Kwoka has shown empirically through retrospective studies that mergers typically lead to increases in price, meaning that the conservative belief that mergers always enhance consumer welfare doesn’t even hold up on its own terms. But in addition, the consumer welfare standard ignores how consumers can also be producers, workers, entrepreneurs, and small-business […] The American Prospect Why Congress Must End America’s Merger Free-for-All That’s not an exception; prices rose significantly in three-fourths of mergers studied after they were approved by the antitrust agencies, according to studies conducted by Northeastern University professor John Kwoka. The New Yorker Is It Time to Break Up Big Ag? In 2015, John Kwoka, an economist at Northeastern University, analyzed the effects of forty-six mergers approved by the federal government. Kwoka found that, as a result of thirty-eight of them, prices for consumers rose by more than ten per cent on average, an empirical rebuke to the contention of Robert Bork that mergers are either […] Law360 FTC Chairman Warns About Basing Policy On Recent Studies As an example, Simons pointed to “Mergers, Merger Control and Remedies,” a book by John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University, that attempted to assess how well U.S. merger enforcement is working by looking at a set of merger retrospective studies. The House panel’s report cites the book and said Kwoka’s scholarship concludes that the agencies […] John Kwoka for Northeastern Global News Live Nation and Ticketmaster face an impending federal antitrust lawsuit. Will the government finally break up the monopoly? Live Nation and Ticketmaster face an impending federal antitrust lawsuit. Will the government finally break up the monopoly? Breaking up Live Nation and Ticketmaster might be the only path left for the Justice Department, but would that actually fix anything? Capital One and Discover merger may be a response to an adjacent concern: the Visa and Mastercard duopoly, economist says Capital One and Discover merger may be a response to an adjacent concern: the Visa and Mastercard duopoly, economist says An economist says the merger points to an adjacent concern — the market power Visa and Mastercard share in setting payment processing fees. What does this $1.8 billion real estate lawsuit mean for homebuyers and sellers? What does this $1.8 billion real estate lawsuit mean for homebuyers and sellers? A jury in Missouri ruled in a lawsuit that the National Association of Realtors and some major brokerages conspired to keep commissions high. Google monopoly trial shows appetite for enforcement on Big Tech, antitrust experts say Google monopoly trial shows appetite for enforcement on Big Tech, antitrust experts say The U.S. suing Google for alleged monopoly abuse could reshape the tech industry and impact future antitrust actions against Big Tech. Would stronger antitrust laws have prevented shortages of ventilators and hospital beds? Would stronger antitrust laws have prevented shortages of ventilators and hospital beds? Rampant corporate acquisitions and public policy failures have left the United States vulnerable in many ways, says economist John Kwoka. The current public health emergency has exposed the weaknesses in the medical equipment and hospital industries. What’s wrong with the T-Mobile and Sprint merger? What’s wrong with the T-Mobile and Sprint merger? The two wireless companies can merge, but only if they help create another major competitor to satisfy regulators. But the company they would create has never had a wireless operation. “It’s pretty unusual stuff,” says Northeastern economist John Kwoka. New economic forum to examine income inequality, healthcare in America New economic forum to examine income inequality, healthcare in America The three-part series, which begins tonight, will feature candid discussions with prominent policymakers and thinkers. “The idea is to make economics more user-friendly, accessible, and provocative to non-specialists,” said professor and program organizer John Kwoka. Does merger control work? Does merger control work? No, not well, in the expert opinion of Distinguished Professor John Kwoka, whose award-winning research has found that the vast majority of mergers lead to significant price increases. 3Qs: Boon or bubbles for U.S. economy in 2014? 3Qs: Boon or bubbles for U.S. economy in 2014? What’s the U.S. economic outlook for this year? We asked John Kwoka, the Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics at Northeastern. One domestic factor he has his eye on—indications that new bubbles are forming in the housing and stock markets. Banking on a solution Banking on a solution Eric Rosengren, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, explored the role of government regulation of banks at an Open Classroom Series event.
Bloomberg Law Real Estate Commissions Face Added Scrutiny in Justice Probe Equipped with renewed investigative authority, the DOJ will likely seek to compel a complete separation of compensation for buyers’ agents and sellers’ agents, said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and former Federal Trade Commission chief economist under agency Chair Lina Khan.
Apple Antitrust Suit Marks Broad US Attack on iPhone Dominance “It’s fundamentally re-framing all of these as jigsaw puzzle pieces and looks at the entirety of the package,” said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and former Federal Trade Commission chief economist under agency chair Lina Khan.
The Verge ‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise “DOJ has stepped back from the details and simply asked and answered the question, what are all these about?” says John Kwoka, professor of economics at Northeastern University who recently served as chief economist to FTC Chair Lina Khan.
Business Insider Realtors face billions in damages for overcharging home buyers and sellers As John Kwoka, an economist and antitrust researcher at Northeastern University, told me: The incentives aren’t aligned.
Smaller Airlines Seek Mergers to Compete With Industry Giants “Smaller competitors, typically, are the one that breaks ranks,” said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and an antitrust expert who has advised states and the Justice Department on airline mergers.
Google to present its star witness, the company’s CEO, in landmark monopoly trial “The Microsoft case was, at the time, talked about as the case of the century,” said John Kwoka, a Northeastern University economics professor who researches antitrust.
The American Prospect The Bottom-Up Battle Against Corporate Power Northeastern University economics professor John Kwoka has shown empirically through retrospective studies that mergers typically lead to increases in price, meaning that the conservative belief that mergers always enhance consumer welfare doesn’t even hold up on its own terms. But in addition, the consumer welfare standard ignores how consumers can also be producers, workers, entrepreneurs, and small-business […]
The American Prospect Why Congress Must End America’s Merger Free-for-All That’s not an exception; prices rose significantly in three-fourths of mergers studied after they were approved by the antitrust agencies, according to studies conducted by Northeastern University professor John Kwoka.
The New Yorker Is It Time to Break Up Big Ag? In 2015, John Kwoka, an economist at Northeastern University, analyzed the effects of forty-six mergers approved by the federal government. Kwoka found that, as a result of thirty-eight of them, prices for consumers rose by more than ten per cent on average, an empirical rebuke to the contention of Robert Bork that mergers are either […]
Law360 FTC Chairman Warns About Basing Policy On Recent Studies As an example, Simons pointed to “Mergers, Merger Control and Remedies,” a book by John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University, that attempted to assess how well U.S. merger enforcement is working by looking at a set of merger retrospective studies. The House panel’s report cites the book and said Kwoka’s scholarship concludes that the agencies […]