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IJIO Research Summary – Collecting and selling consumer information: Selling mechanisms matter
Selling Consumer Data: Why the Mechanism Matters for Competition and Privacy? Competition and privacy in the digital economy are shaped by data intermediaries, firms that collect and sell consumer information. Our recent study published in the International Journal of Industrial [...]
IJIO Research Summary – Platform Design and Innovation Incentives: Evidence from the Product Rating System on Apple’s App Store
Digital platforms rely on reputation systems to address information asymmetries, yet how platforms aggregate and display this information can profoundly affect competitive behavior and innovation. In a recent IJIO paper, Platform Design and Innovation Incentives: Evidence from the Product Rating [...]
IJIO Research Summary – Entry deterrence, domino effects and mergers in markets for complements
Antitrust enforcers typically assess monopolization on a market-by-market basis, focusing on the specific market under investigation while overlooking potential future impacts on competition or anticompetitive conduct in related markets. In a recent article (here), Paolo Ramezzana takes a broader look [...]
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The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), a non-profit international scientific association, was founded in 1974 under the auspices of the International Institute of Management (IIM), following an initiative undertaken by the industrial economist, Frederic M. Scherer, and his then junior colleague, Jürgen Müller. The aim of the Association is to provide a professional society for academics and practitioners engaged in the field of Industrial Economics.