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The Rise of the Platform Economy : A New Challenge for EU Consumer Law?

Busch, Christoph - 2016

The aim of this paper is to reflect upon the need to adjust EU consumer contract law to take into account the changing market structure caused by the rise of online platforms such as Airbnb, Uber or Amazon Marketplace. It is argued that the existing regulatory framework is primarily focused on...

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Merger Control and Online Platforms : The Relevance of Network Effects

Robles Martín-Laborda, Antonio - 2017

Digital platforms operate in multisided markets providing services through the internet to two or more distinct groups of users, between which there are indirect network effects. Direct network effects are frequently present within each group. Therefore, online platforms usually present both...

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Online Platforms and Vertical Integration : The Return of Margin Squeeze?

Bostoen, Friso - 2019

appear to be defining markets or determining market power; rather, the difficulty is finding a fitting theory of abuse. In … margin squeeze out of retirement. This article starts from the foundations of margin squeeze theory, laying out the core … principles and addressing possible misconceptions. The article then investigates whether margin squeeze theory could be applied …

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Competition policy reform in Europe and Germany - institutional change in the light of digitization

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2018

The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...

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The New Transnational Payments Law and Global Consumer Trade : Online Platforms as Providers of Private Legal Orders

Janczuk-Gorywoda, Agnieszka - 2016

This article uses the example of one of the best-known global payment systems provided by an online platform, PayPal, to analyze the role of private legal orders in creating new markets beyond jurisdictional borders. It shows that a relatively uniform legal order reduces risks involved in...

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Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market

Ezrachi, Ariel - 2015

Our submission to the U.K. House of Lords, Internal Market Sub-Committee is based on our joint research, which explores the effects Big Data and technology have on competition dynamics. It reviews the use of technology to facilitate collusion, conscious parallelism, and unilateral price...

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Online Platform Price Parity Clauses : Evidence from the EU Booking.com case

Mantovani, Andrea - 2020

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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Regulating Competition in Digital Platform Markets : A Critical Assessment of the Framework and Approach of the EU Digital Markets Act

Akman, Pinar - 2022

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) initiative, which is set to introduce ex ante regulatory rules for “gatekeepers” in online platform markets, is one of the most important pieces of legislation to emanate from Brussels in recent decades. It not only has the potential to...

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The competitive landscape of online platforms

Duch-Brown, Néstor - 2017

This paper describes the different forces that shape the market structure of four different "online platform ecosystems" and the competition between them. The paper focuses on the following categories of platforms, which represent a wide scope of online activities: (i) e-commerce marketplaces;...

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Platforms to business relations in online platform ecosystems

Duch-Brown, Néstor - 2017

This report presents evidence on the relationship between online platforms and businesses using these platforms to reach consumers or conduct their operations. First, we review the literature on vertical relationships both from a classic approach and from a multi-sided market perspective....

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