online platforms

June 1, 2017

Antitrust and the Challenge of Regulation for Online Platforms

Platform businesses bring together distinct but interdependent sets of users in such a way as to improve the welfare of each side of the market. Their central value proposition is the reduction of transaction costs, which increases the number of viable exchanges in the market.
March 23, 2016

Regulatory Inertia Is Holding Back the Digital Economy in Europe

It is a cliché to observe that digital technology is changing the way we work and interact with each other. But technological innovation also has profound implications for legislation and the way in which public authorities regulate the economy.