Tag: Network Effects

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...

Interoperability is being put forward as a structural remedy to resolve issues of market power in networks — particularly, social media. When network effects...

The well-known economic principle that “there is no such thing as a free lunch” ("NFLP") has enjoyed a recent revival in the assessment of...

How is platform competition different from regular competition? The first part of this article reviews recent findings from theoretical platform economics. It describes two...

Below, we have provided the Japanese translation of the full transcript of our panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Competition, Choice and User Protection. Read below...

Below, we have provided the full transcript of our panel discussion Ensuring International Alignment of National Competition Policy Initiatives. Read below to see the...

Over the past few years, online platforms have almost monopolized discussions in legal and policy circles. Various initiatives have recently culminated in legislative proposals....

Below, we have provided the full transcript of our panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Competition, Choice and User Protection. Read below to see the timely...

Common regulatory perspective on the relationship between data, value, and competition in online platforms has increasingly centered on the volume of data accumulated by...

By Geoffrey A. Manne & Dirk Auer (International Center for Law & Economics) The dystopian novel is a powerful literary genre. It has given us...