EU's incomplete Single Market. Platforms provide well-functioning technical infrastructures that allow users to easily … deal with country-specific legislation in the EU, e.g. VAT and invoicing requirements, consumer protection laws, sector … business conduct. In the EU, therefore, platforms encourage value-adding interactions that would not emerge without platforms …

EU's incomplete Single Market. Platforms provide well-functioning technical infrastructures that allow users to easily … deal with country-specific legislation in the EU, e.g. VAT and invoicing requirements, consumer protection laws, sector … business conduct. In the EU, therefore, platforms encourage value-adding interactions that would not emerge without platforms …

political motives can even be observed in the model of economic growth that has been applied, which has been based on the … underdevelopment of the institutions that enable rent seeking activities are the key obstacle for the achieved economic growth. …

low general levels of trust combine to stymie growth. …