The rise of digital platforms, where peers can share goods or services, has drawn attention to their ability to foster trust amongst their members. Combining experimental methods with an online survey of 1,334 representative internet users in France, we investigate whether users of Sharing...

Strategic behaviour in digital markets is difficult to interpret as these industries compete via alternative business models, rather than competing via an accepted business format. Digital market strategies are also more sophisticated and dynamic along product positioning and pricing, alliance,...

This paper is intended to address the economic and legal challenges of regulating digital "platforms, and leads to the following conclusions. The concept of platform covers broad range of services and business models that have very little in common. Before considering regulatory measures...