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Complexity Science, Complexity Economics, and Economic Regulation

Work by CLES's members, in particular that of Prof. Ioannis Lianos and Todd Davies, has explored competition law and policy from the lenses of complexity theory, spurring a research agenda in complexity science and economic regulation.

Notable publications include:

I Lianos, Polycentric Competition Law (2018) 71 (1) Current Legal Problems 161-213
I Lianos, Competition Law for a Complex Economy (2019) 50 International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 643-648
I Lianos, Competition Law for a Digital Era: A Complex Systems Perspective (2019) available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3492730
I Lianos, ‘Reorienting Competition Law’ (2022) 10 (1) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 1-31