We analyze competition between data intermediaries collecting information on consumers, which they sell to firms for … price discrimination purposes. We show that competition between data intermediaries benefits consumers by increasing … competition between firms, and by reducing the amount of consumer data collected. We argue that merger policy guidelines should …

and merchants that allow the collection of profiling information which drives innovation and welfare. Private incentives … competition between two platforms to study private and social incentives to share information. Sharing information can be welfare …

We study the dynamics of competition in a model with network effects, an incumbent and entry. We propose a new way of …

How does competition from online platforms affect the organization, performance, and editorial choices of newspapers … classified advertising - across US counties between 1995 and 2009. This setting allows us to separate the effect of competition …

We propose an analysis of platform competition based on the academic literature with a view towards competition policy …. First, we discuss to which extent competition can emerge in digital markets and show which forms it can take. In particular … competition in platform markets. Second, we analyse competition policy issues and discuss how rules designed for standard markets …

Platform interoperability is considered a powerful tool to promote competition in digital markets when network effects … are at play. We study the effect of interoperability on competition between two ad-financed platforms, allowing for …

, private competition, and tracking have been found to be important sources of international differences in student achievement. …

&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …