An Economic Policy Perspective on Online Platforms - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - Digital Economy Working Paper 2016/05
This report was produced as a technical background document to the Platforms Communication that is part of the European Commission's Digital Single Market policy package. It provides an overview of the relevant economic research literature on platforms or multi-sided online markets. It discusses platforms from a regulatory policy angle, including potential market failures in platforms, the extent of self-regulation and possible regulatory responses through existing competition policy, consumer protection and data protection instruments. It covers selected policy issues associated with these platforms including possible sources of bias in search engines and search rankings, data protection and the use of personal data in platforms, and platform liabilities within and beyond the e-commerce directive.
MARTENS Bertin;
2016-05-23
European Commission
JRC101501
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC101501,
Additional supporting files
| File name | Description | File type | |
|---|
