DEVELOPING COMPETITION LAW FOR COLLUSION BY AUTONOMOUS ARTIFICIAL AGENTS

Joseph E Harrington

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2018, vol. 14, issue 3, 331-363

Abstract: After arguing that collusion by software programs which choose pricing rules without any human intervention is not a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, the paper offers a path toward making collusion by autonomous artificial agents unlawful.

Date: 2018
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