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Governing online platforms: Competition policy in times of platformization

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This paper argues that a paradigmatic change in competition policy is needed and empirically under way to cope with the challenges posed by economically strong online platforms and their big-data-based business models. Competition policy needs to move further away from its traditional price-oriented emphasis and increasingly focus on non-price competition, on attention markets and zero prices, and on big user data, which has become a new asset class in digital economies.

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  • Just, Natascha, 2018. "Governing online platforms: Competition policy in times of platformization," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 386-394.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:42:y:2018:i:5:p:386-394
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2018.02.006
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