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Safeguarding Competition in Digital Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Emerging Policy and Regulatory Regimes

Prado, Tiago S. - 2022

This paper presents a comparative analysis of alternative competition policy and regulatory regimes that are proposed to safeguard competition in the digital economy. We review the causes of concentration in several digital markets, and differentiate the objectives of promoting competition in,...

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Once bitten, twice shy? Market size affects the effectiveness of a leniency program by (de-)activating hysteresis effects

Tebbe, Eva - 2018

This article presents results of a laboratory experiment testing whether the effectiveness of a moderate leniency program depends on market size. Against theory, the results indicate that a moderate leniency program is not preferable to a policy which only includes fines for detected cartels,...

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Threat of Internet Platforms: Facebook, Google, etc.

Alleman, James - 2018

Free!! Google and Facebook!!! We all know them, what to worry about? Everything! The giants of the internet are expanding into every corner of the economy, politics and our lives. They control the majority of digital advertising; Alphabet, Google's parent, and Facebook receive more than 60...

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Internet Platforms' Threats: Facebook, Google, etc.

Alleman, James - 2018

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Subject Pool Effects in Price Competition Games: Students versus Professionals

Beyer, Christian; Tebbe, Eva; von Blanckenburg, Korbinian; … - 2017

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Antitrust Failures: The Internet Giants

Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James - 2018

Google are two-sided markets, their economic rents are "hidden" from the public (and, apparently, from the antitrust … examines the potential for antitrust cases against Facebook and Google as a response to their perceived threats to consumer … privacy, political influences and advertising dominance. The argument for antitrust action against them is based on the …

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Antitrust for Internet Giants

Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James - 2018

digital advertising and one-third of total advertising. Nevertheless, no serious antitrust case or legislation has addressed … this monopoly power. This paper examines the antitrust cases against Facebook and Google. In this paper, we attempt to go …

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Entry Regulation and Competition. Evidence from retail and labor markets of pharmacists.

Unsorg, Maximiliane; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2021

We examine a deregulation of German pharmacists to assess its effects on retail and labor markets. Our theoretical model suggests that firms with high managerial efficiency open more stores per firm and have higher labor demand due to the reform. We find a sharp persistent increase in entry...

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The impact of asymmetric regulation on product bundling: The case of fixed broadband and mobile communications in Japan

Kuroda, Toshifumi; Ida, Takanori; Koguchi, Teppei - 2015

Product bundling may benefit or harm consumers dependingon the correlation betweenconsumer willingness to pay for the bundledgoods and the levels of market dominance of firms. We develop astructural demand model that allows for correlatedconsumer's willingness to pay and flexible...

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Measuring Network Effects in Mobile Telecommunications Markets with Stated‐Preference Valuation Methods

Czajkowski, Mikolaj; Sobolewski, Maciej - 2010

This paper demonstrates how stated-preference methods can be applied to modeling consumers' preferences in the field of mobile telecommunications, and to measuring and the valuation of network effects. We illustrate this with a case study of mobile phone operators in Poland. We utilize the...

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