Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay: Is the internet driving competition or market monopolization?
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- Justus Haucap & Ulrich Heimeshoff, 2014. "Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay: Is the Internet driving competition or market monopolization?," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 49-61, February.
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Keywords
two-sided markets; online markets; digital economy; antitrust; e-commerce;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
- L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2013-02-03 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CUL-2013-02-03 (Cultural Economics)
- NEP-HME-2013-02-03 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-ICT-2013-02-03 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-IND-2013-02-03 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-NET-2013-02-03 (Network Economics)
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