In our submission, we argue that competition policy in the digital economy should be based on sound, theoretical underpinnings and rigorous, evidence-based analysis, best encapsulated in the “law and economics” approach. Despite many expressed fears to the contrary, digital markets are not...

Recent years have seen the ASEAN members embark upon various initiatives that seek to harmonize their competition regimes. These ongoing efforts to modernize and harmonize ASEAN competition laws take place amid a longstanding effort by both the European Union and the United States to export...

This paper seeks to ascertain whether Google’s Android licensing terms, which are currently under scrutiny from the European Commission, should be absolved of antitrust sanctions because they increase its incentives to innovate. The paper starts by analyzing Google’s business model with...

In March of 2019, the European Commission slapped another fine upon Google for infringing European competition rules (€1.49 billion this time). This brought Google’s contribution to the EU budget to a dizzying total of €8.25 billion. Given this massive number, and the geographic location...

This paper offers a complete overview of the oligopoly problem in competition law and economics, with a specific focus on European Union (EU) law. A related purpose of the paper is to challenge the dominant view that merger control is the ultimate preventive remedy against tacit collusion. On...