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Platform mergers and antitrust

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  • Geoffrey Parker
  • Georgios Petropoulos
  • Marshall Van Alstyne

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Platform ecosystems rely on economies of scale, data-driven economies of scope, high-quality algorithmic systems and strong network effects that typically promote winner-take-most markets. Some platform firms have grown rapidly and their merger and acquisition strategies have been very important factors in their growth. Market dominance by big platforms has led to competition concerns that are difficult to assess with current merger policy tools. In this paper, we examine the acquisition...

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  • Geoffrey Parker & Georgios Petropoulos & Marshall Van Alstyne, 2021. "Platform mergers and antitrust," Working Papers 40796, Bruegel.
  • Handle: RePEc:bre:wpaper:40796
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    4. David Bounie & Antoine Dubus & Patrick Waelbroeck, 2023. "Competition Between Strategic Data Intermediaries with Implications for Merger Policy," Working Papers hal-03336520, HAL.
    5. Zelda Brutti & Luis E. Rojas, 2022. "M&A and early investment decisions by digital platforms," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 49(3), pages 509-543, September.
    6. David Bounie & Antoine Dubus & Patrick Waelbroeck, 2021. "Competition and Mergers with Strategic Data Intermediaries," CESifo Working Paper Series 9339, CESifo.
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    8. Silva, Victo J. & Chiarini, Tulio & Ribeiro, Leonardo Costa, 2022. "The Brazilian digital platform economy: a first approach," SocArXiv d478v, Center for Open Science.
    9. Jerzy Niemczyk & Rafał Trzaska & Maciej Wilczyński & Kamil Borowski, 2021. "Business Models 4.0 Using Network Effects: Case Study of the Cyfrowy Polsat Group," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-20, October.

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