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Big Tech and the Digital Economy: The Moligopoly Scenario
This book offers a holistic and interdisciplinary account of competition dynamics in the digital economy. It argues that mainstream competition theory and policy are demonstrably inadequate when faced with the nature and intensity of the multi-dimensional rivalry between technology firms such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.
| Author(s) | By Nicolas Petit (Professor of Competition Law, Professor of Competition Law, European University Institute). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 320 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 8 Oct 2020 |
| Availability | Available |
This book offers a holistic and interdisciplinary account of competition dynamics in the digital economy. It argues that mainstream competition theory and policy are demonstrably inadequate when faced with the nature and intensity of the multi-dimensional rivalry between technology firms such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.
Introduction 1: Policy Conversation on Big Tech 2: The "Moligopoly" Hypothesis 3: Economics of Big Tech: Monopoly V Uncertainty 4: A Concrete Theory of Moligopoly 5: Antitrust in Moligopoly Markets 6: Big Tech's Novel Harms: Antitrust or Regulation?
Nicolas Petit is Professor of Competition Law at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. Nicolas Petit is also invited Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. Prior to joining the EUI, Nicolas Petit was Professor at the University of Li
