Auditing the Ranking Strategy of a Marketplace 's Algorithm in the Frame of Competition Law Commitments with Surrogate Models: The Amazon 's Buy Box Case
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Keywords
algorithms; ranking algorithms; digital markets; online marketplace; competition law; audit; machine learning;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2024-11-18 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-LAW-2024-11-18 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-PAY-2024-11-18 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
- NEP-REG-2024-11-18 (Regulation)
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