Posted by Social Science Research Network
Digital Platforms and Antitrust: Towards a More Techno-Economic Approach
By Simonetta Vezzoso (University of Trento)
In recent years, technological advances have propelled platforms to centre stage and competition authorities increasingly deal with issues pertaining to their workings in ICT and other industries. A still partially unanswered question, though, is what is the theoretical framework that looks most promising when dealing with digital platforms from a competition policy perspective. Scholars in the tradition of industrial economics have developed a comprehensive theory of multi-sided markets. This paper argues, however, that the main theoretical framework for the study of platforms in the tradition of industrial economics can provide only a partial understanding of digital platforms. Interestingly, management scholars raise parallel reservations about analyzing technological platforms exclusively through the lens of the economics of two-sided markets. On the more positive side, this paper suggests that helpful insights on the inner workings of digital platforms can be drawn especially from recent research in the field of information systems.
Featured News
Judge Allows FTC Antitrust Case Against Amazon to Move Forward
Oct 1, 2024 by
CPI
SAP Leader Urges Caution on EU AI Rules, Warns of Competitive Disadvantage
Oct 1, 2024 by
CPI
Colorado’s Grocery Workers Unite to Oppose $24.6 Billion Supermarket Merge
Oct 1, 2024 by
CPI
Canada’s Competition Bureau Warns Businesses of Tougher Enforcement
Oct 1, 2024 by
CPI
Top Antitrust Lawyers Launch New Boutique Firm
Oct 1, 2024 by
CPI
Antitrust Mix by CPI
Antitrust Chronicle® – Refusal to Deal
Sep 27, 2024 by
CPI
Antitrust’s Refusal-to-Deal Doctrine: The Emperor Has No Clothes
Sep 27, 2024 by
Erik Hovenkamp
Why All Antitrust Claims are Refusal to Deal Claims and What that Means for Policy
Sep 27, 2024 by
Ramsi Woodcock
The Aspen Misadventure
Sep 27, 2024 by
Roger Blair & Holly P. Stidham
Refusal to Deal in Antitrust Law: Evolving Jurisprudence and Business Justifications in the Align Technology Case
Sep 27, 2024 by
Timothy Hsieh