John Yun
John M. Yun is an Associate Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and the Deputy Executive Director at the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI).
Prior to joining Scalia Law, he was an Acting Deputy Assistant Director in the Bureau of Economics, Antitrust Division, at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Also at the FTC, he has served as the Economic Advisor to Commissioner Joshua D. Wright, as well as a staff economist. His experience includes the analysis of horizontal mergers, vertical restraints, and exclusionary conduct.
Over an eighteen year career at the FTC, he has presided over numerous high-profile matters and investigations into various industries including consumer products, retail, intermediate goods, and digital markets. His research interests include law and economics, antitrust, regulatory policy, and industrial organization, and he has published in academic journals including the International Journal of Industrial Organization, Economic Inquiry, International Review of Law and Economics, and the Review of Industrial Organization. He has also taught economics at Georgetown University, Emory University, and Georgia Tech. He received his BA in economics at UCLA and his PhD in economics at Emory University.
Prior to joining Scalia Law, he was an Acting Deputy Assistant Director in the Bureau of Economics, Antitrust Division, at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Also at the FTC, he has served as the Economic Advisor to Commissioner Joshua D. Wright, as well as a staff economist. His experience includes the analysis of horizontal mergers, vertical restraints, and exclusionary conduct.
Over an eighteen year career at the FTC, he has presided over numerous high-profile matters and investigations into various industries including consumer products, retail, intermediate goods, and digital markets. His research interests include law and economics, antitrust, regulatory policy, and industrial organization, and he has published in academic journals including the International Journal of Industrial Organization, Economic Inquiry, International Review of Law and Economics, and the Review of Industrial Organization. He has also taught economics at Georgetown University, Emory University, and Georgia Tech. He received his BA in economics at UCLA and his PhD in economics at Emory University.
How can competition policy help secure an Open Internet that benefits consumers, developers, and innovation?
August 2, 2022
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Melbourne Law School
Going Backwards: The FTC’s New Prior Approval Policy
March 8, 2022
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By John M. Yun1 On October 25, 2021, in a 3-to-2 vote, strictly along party lines, the Federal Trade
Discriminatory Antitrust in the Realm of Potential and Nascent Competition
February 10, 2022
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One of the most important topics in antitrust is how to analyze potential and nascent acquisitions by the largest digital
Online Gatekeepers to Commerce and Culture
February 8, 2021
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Recently, the term “gatekeeper” has featured prominently in policy discussions concerning whether “big tech” needs to be regulated and whether
News Media Cartels are Bad News for Consumers
April 25, 2019
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April 2019 News Media Cartels are Bad News for Consumers By John M. Yun (George Mason University)1 Antitrust has two