Small trade- and investment-oriented economies like the United Kingdom (UK) should carefully consider whether to regulate online platform services based on presumptions rather than evidence that consumers are being harmed. Flimsily enforced platform regulation can have a chilling effect on...

The proposed Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to place more responsibility on online platform operators to control information published by users on their websites. That is a welcome development in the light of scandals concerning fake news and the surreptitious influencing of voters through...

This study compares the impact of antitrust regulations on firm market value for Chinese versus U.S. internet platforms. Applying an event study approach to daily stock market data during 2010–2022, we investigate the cumulative abnormal returns of Hong Kong- and U.S.-listed internet...

1 Introduction: digital transformation, big techs, and public policies -- 2 New economy(ies), new economics and new ‘digital’ rights -- 3 Big Techs, Market Power and Public Policies -- 4 Big techs and on-line information system -- 5 Private power and public policies: between antitrust and...

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) initiative, which is set to introduce ex ante regulatory rules for “gatekeepers” in online platform markets, is one of the most important pieces of legislation to emanate from Brussels in recent decades. It not only has the potential to...

This book explores the regulatory options for digital platforms and data economies. The trade-offs between the market value of information and individual privacy rights are examined to provide rationale for regulation and policy suggestions. A general conceptual framework is provided for digital...