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Google wird häufig als marktmächtig bezeichnet. Grund dafür ist ein mutmaßlicher Marktanteil von über 90% in manchen … Ländern. Eine gründliche Marktabgrenzung im wettbewerbsrechtlichen Sinne liegt dieser Aussage aber nicht zugrunde. Was umfasst … Debatte oft glaubhaft gemacht wird. Die Marktabgrenzung ist vielmehr abhängig von der zugrundeliegenden wettbewerblichen …
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Google is supposed to be the dominant player in most search markets around the world. But what is a search market? To …
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Market definition is conducted under conditions of notable uncertainty, due to conceptual ambiguity and model uncertainty. Statistical decision theory can help to explain and improve the market definition decision. Specifically, a Bayesian decision rule can assist analysts in defining markets by...
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accurately, Google, the policy scolds’ bête noir of the day) as an “essential facility,” and necessitating government … complex arguments in favor of their positions, and the European Commission has even opened a formal investigation into Google … has yet claimed that Google should offer up links to competing general search engines as a remedy for its perceived market …
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theoretical, but perhaps imminent, enforcement action against Google. Close scrutiny of the complex economics of Google … antitrust error, coupled with the uncertain economics of Google’s innovative conduct, will nevertheless yield a costly … intervention. The point is not that we know that Google’s conduct is procompetitive, but rather that the very uncertainty …
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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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In March 2020, the membership of the European Law Institute adopted the ELI Model Rules on Online Platforms. These Model Rules are the result of a 5-year project during which a multinational working group drafted and developed rules for the relationship between online platforms and their users....
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The key argument of this contribution is that there is a case for harmonisation of the rules for online rating and review systems at the European level in order to create a level playing field for the collaborative economy. Following the model of the ‘new approach’ which has been efficient...
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number of quarters alleging the digital advertising market is monopolized by its largest participant: Google. Most … to Google’s online display advertising business. Most recently, a group of U.S. senators introduced a bill that would … break up Google’s advertising business (as well as that of other large display advertising intermediaries such as Facebook …
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