In July of 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) concluded its high-profile 1.5-year investigation into the effect of digital platforms on competition in media and advertising markets.The ACCC’s Final Report claims that competition is “not working” in the...

Consumption is usually associated with time spending. Sometimes the length of time itself is part of the products, for example, the length of consulting services or time duration of transportation. In other scenarios, there is a minimum requirement of time, or waiting time, that customers have...

The competitive strategies of `gatekeeper' platforms are subject to enhanced scrutiny. For instance, Apple and Google are being accused of charging excessive access fees to app providers and privileging their own apps. Some have argued that such allegations make no economic sense when the...

The potential transformation of labour markets by the emergence of online labour platforms has triggered an intense academic, media and policy debate, but its true scale remains speculation. Nevertheless, adequate policy responses hinge on a good understanding of dynamics – something that will...

This report contains findings and recommendations from usability testing of the State of Utah’s online dispute resolution (ODR) platform. Utah’s ODR platform is a web-based alternative dispute resolution tool that provides parties in small claims debt collection actions with an opportunity...

This article addressed the problems of market definition, antitrust error, and digital platforms in Korean competition law and policy. As sound economic analysis is critical in dealing with antitrust cases, economic theories must be tested when those come to the courtroom. For a long time, on...

Social media marketing is the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service. Although the terms e-marketing and digital marketing are still dominant in academia, social media marketing is becoming more popular for both practitioners and researchers. The Modern...

Copyright is an area of law where the need to ensure remuneration of creative labour has traditionally been addressed with the progressive establishment of distinct rights in favour of a broad range of creators. Despite its broad scope, copyright today is ultimately ineffective because...

E-commerce platforms worldwide have faced the enduring challenge of moderating fake reviews over the past decade. Hence, in this paper, we investigate the platforms’ economic incentives to remove fake reviews, which is an important but unanswered question. Using a game-theoretic model, we...