Daniel F. Spulber
Elinor Hobbs Professor of International Business, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
3 publications since 2022Official page
Publications in the Network Law Review
Newest first- 8 July 2026
A Farewell to Net Neutrality: Implications for Internet Access and E-Commerce
I consider legal decisions resulting in the end of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality regulation. There is evidence that net neutrality regulation has diminished incentives to invest in internet access and…
- 17 November 2025
Industrial Policy and Competitiveness: Non-Tariff Barriers and Incentives to Innovate
Countries use non-tariff barriers (NTBs) as instruments of industrial policy. NTBs often are difficult to observe and hard to adjust because they are part of national regulations. NTBs are inflexible in comparison to tariffs.
- 3 November 2022
How Do Vertical Mergers Affect Innovation? Learning from Illumina
Illumina is significant because it illustrates emerging Antitrust law and policy toward vertical mergers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought to block Illumina’s proposed acquisition of Grail.