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digital ecosystems and abuse of dominance in related markets. We take the perspective of dynamic competition economics and … convinced that these steps are necessary to move towards a more effective competition policy towards abuse of digital dominance. …
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The objectives of competition policy and the application of competition law need defining and redefining along with … changing structures of the economy and the maturing of the competition authority. Market structures associated with digital … product markets. Antitrust interventions by the competition authorities are caught in a bind as was the case with the …
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effective competition. However, there is scope for so-called public interest considerations in several European merger control … regimes and recently a number of European politicians have called for more elbowroom for non-competition … non-market in the sense that these goals stand in conflict with competition. However, a trade-off between effective …
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Some Spanish regions have recently established a new tax on large commercial malls placed in their territory. This tax can be questioned on several grounds, both legal and economic. This paper examines whether according to EU State aid law the new tax can be deemed an illegal State aid to small...
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The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the … relevant examples. These developments challenge competition policy, which must consider the special economic characteristics of … digital goods and markets. In Germany, national competition law was amended in 2017 in order to accommodate for digitization …
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, bringing to the fore new forms of trademark exploitation that may affect competition. A prominent role is played by keyword … UK Competition and Markets Authority encountered brand-bidding restrictions in the markets for broadband, credit cards … trademark protection and freedom of competition …
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The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the … relevant examples. These developments challenge competition policy, which must consider the special economic characteristics of … digital goods and markets. In Germany, national competition law was amended in 2017 in order to accommodate for digitization …
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The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and … seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next …
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Online platforms often impose Price Parity Clauses to prevent sellers from charging lower prices on alternative sales channels. We provide quasi-experimental evidence on the full removal of Price Parity Clauses in France in 2015 for hotels listed on Booking.com. Our analysis reveals significant...
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