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Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay : is the internet driving competition or market monopolization?
Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2013
implications for competition policy. Three important Internet markets are analyzed in more detail: search engines, online auction … use our theoretical insights to examine whether leading Internet platforms have non-temporary market power. Based on this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684662
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The internet economy : regulatory challenges and practices
Koske, Isabell; Bitetti, Rosamaria; Wanner, Isabelle; … - 2014
The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper … Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of users. Designing policies that protect society while allowing for … Internet’s great economic potential to be fulfilled, is a difficult task. This paper investigates this challenge and takes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464865
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Learning from data and network effects : the example of internet search
Schäfer, Maximilian; Sapi, Geza - 2020
The rise of dominant firms in data driven industries is often credited to their alleged data advantage. Empirical evidence lending support to this conjecture is surprisingly scarce. In this paper we document that data as an input into machine learning tasks display features that support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270849
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Recent Issues for Competition on the Internet : Google's Search and Advertising, the Apple App Store, and the AOL Huffington Post Merger
Daly, Angela - 2014
This paper will examine three recent instances involving competition concerns on the Internet. The Internet at its … the emergence of major Internet corporations, and on the other the recognition of the Internet as an important trading … blog the Huffington Post and Internet giant AOL and any implications this may have for concentration and media plurality on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068060
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Learning from data and network effects: The example of internet search
Schaefer, Maximilian; Sapi, Geza - 2020
The rise of dominant firms in data driven industries is often credited to their alleged data advantage. Empirical evidence lending support to this conjecture is surprisingly scarce. In this paper we document that data as an input into machine learning tasks display features that support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294293
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Dynamic competition, exclusionary and exploitative abuses, and article 102 TFEU : towards a concept of systemic market power?
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2024
In this paper, we comment on the debate about guidelines for Art. 102 TFEU in the face of the challenges brought by digital ecosystems and abuse of dominance in related markets. We take the perspective of dynamic competition economics and derive four recommendations for the future enforcement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512364
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Competition in pricing algorithms
Brown, Zach Y.; MacKay, Alexander - 2019
Increasingly, retailers have access to better pricing technology, especially in online markets. Firms employ automated pricing algorithms that allow for high-frequency price changes. What are the implications for price competition? We develop a model of price competition where firms can differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175360
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Collusion and Coercion with Naive Rivals
Brown, Zach; MacKay, Alexander - 2023
Standard models of collusion require that all firms are forward-looking and strategic. When one firm displays naive behavior—i.e., when it is myopic, memoryless, or non-strategic—typical collusive strategies cannot be supported in equilibrium. Motivated by the increasing adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255442
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Streaming, Competition and Contract Terms In Screen Production in Australia
Barker, George Robert - 2023
-to-air (FTA), Internet-based protocol television (IPTV), and pay-tv services are however part of the same market, market shares …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263635
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Competitive Dynamics of Online and Brick-and-Mortar Retail Prices
Abrantes-Metz, Rosa M.; Maloney, Mame - 2022
This paper analyzes the competitive interplay of prices amongst retail channels: offline (brick-and-mortar) and online (such as retailers’ websites and online marketplaces). We find evidence of a close competitive relationship between the two channels, in which prices correspond tightly across...
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