Platform interoperability is considered a powerful tool to promote competition in digital markets when network effects … are at play. We study the effect of interoperability on competition between two ad-financed platforms, allowing for …

parts of Europe. However, it has raised competition concerns. In Australia, the competition authority, fearing 'predation … discounts. In particular, we show that the Australian competition authority's intermediate price cap is consistent with either …

critique of the central components of the DMA, such as its objectives, positioning in comparison to competition law rules, and …

This paper analyses whether competition law can help to solve problems of access to data and interoperability in IoT … this device). Such a gatekeeper position can lead to the elimination of competition for after-market and other … paper analyses, in particular, the competition rules about abusive behavior of dominant firms (Art. 102 TFEU) and of firms …

strive for framework conditions that enable or even better facilitate innovation as well as dynamic competition. Ultimately …

Partly motivated by the recent antitrust investigations concerning Google, we develop a leverage theory of tying in two …

We propose an analysis of platform competition based on the academic literature with a view towards competition policy …. First, we discuss to which extent competition can emerge in digital markets and show which forms it can take. In particular … competition in platform markets. Second, we analyse competition policy issues and discuss how rules designed for standard markets …