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Privacy and antitrust in digital platforms

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  • Nicholas Economides

    (Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012)

  • Ioannis Lianos

    (President, Hellenic Competition Commission and Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, Faculty of Laws, University College London)

Abstract

Dominant digital platforms such as Google and Facebook collect personal information of users by default precipitating a market failure in the market for personal information. We establish the economic harms from the market failure. We discuss conditions for eliminating the market failure and various remedies to restore competition.

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  • Nicholas Economides & Ioannis Lianos, 2021. "Privacy and antitrust in digital platforms," Working Papers 21-01, NET Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:net:wpaper:2101
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    1. Gregor Langus & Vilen Lipatov, 2022. "Value Creation by Ad-Funded Platforms," CESifo Working Paper Series 9525, CESifo.

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    Keywords

    personal information; Internet search; Google; Facebook; digital; privacy; restrictions of competition; exploitation; market failure; data dominance; abuse of a dominant position; unfair commercial practices; excessive data extraction; self-determination; behavioral manipulation; remedies; portability; opt-out.;
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    JEL classification:

    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
    • L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
    • L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
    • L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • L88 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Government Policy

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