This paper revisits barriers to exit, explores their different definitions in the literature and identifies what these have in common. It then analyses the different ways in which such barriers to exit can affect allocative efficiency and competition while assessing their impacts by looking at...

This paper describes how digital platforms have transformed the distribution and consumption of news content and the complex competitive dynamics between news publishers and digital platforms. It was prepared as background for a discussion on Competition issues concerning news media and digital...

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held at the OECD in December 2015 on Across Platform Parity Agreements. It summarises the economic theory and case law as it relates to recent cases involving vertical agreements specifying horizontal price links.

This report investigates how competition agencies can respond to the challenges posed by the multi-sided nature of platform markets, which are particularly common in the digital economy. It asks whether the antitrust tools that are traditionally used to define markets, to assess market power and...

Technological advances, together with increased internet penetration, have created the perfect environment for the development of digital platforms in Mexico and these platforms raise new regulatory and competitive challenges. This report provides a general description of the main economic...