Tag: Digital Platforms

Australia’s competition watchdog opened an inquiry into the widening reach of services from large digital platform providers, releasing an issues report raising questions about...

By Jacqueline Downes, Bella Cameron and Jamie Hick1   I. Introduction This piece builds on our previous articles and publications2 covering the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's...

The recent AMEX decision has introduced the economics of “multisided platforms,” “transaction platforms,” “indirect network effects,” and “two-sided analysis” into antitrust analysis. As is...

In competition law, how to define markets in the context of two-sided platforms is a hot topic. Drawing on the judgment of the UK...

The Bundeskartellamt has designated Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon as 19a firms. Thus, they are potentially subject to specific competition law interventions under a special...

While the term “platform” is ubiquitous in everyday language, its precise definition in the context of topics related to competition, policy and antitrust still...

This article discusses some of the implications of the entry in force of the Digital Markets Act for the future application of the EU...

Behavioral economics has increasingly become a key part of the toolkit of many policymakers and regulators, with applications across a range of policy fields....

The digital millennium leveraged the World Wide Web into a powerful information source. Online internet searchplaces guide human everyday decisions. The strategic placement of...

Antitrust enforcement in digital markets requires a cautious approach, yet their fast-changing nature also calls for quick responses. In certain circumstances, interim measures may...