by Bergqvist | Dec 1, 2021
Digital platform markets have particular characteristics that may warrant specific regulation, as discussed by a number of high-profile reports by experts appointed by governments and regulators in recent years. To address these particularities, over the past year...
by Bergqvist | Jun 10, 2021
This paper discusses the concept of potential competition as an important pro-competitive factor. While potential competition is inevitably subject to significant uncertainty, where it does exist, the paper suggests treating potential competition with a parity of...
by Bergqvist | May 31, 2021
Building on the 2021 OECD Recommendation on Competitive Neutrality, this paper describes the main types of distortive measures jurisdictions may adopt and the tools available to competition authorities in order to address them. Section 2 of the paper focuses on how...
by Bergqvist | Jan 1, 2021
This paper describes the role that data portability and interoperability measures can play in promoting competition both within and among digital platforms. In particular, these measures can address consumer lock-in, promote unbundling, and enable multi-homing....
by Bergqvist | Jan 1, 2021
Economic regulation and competition policy are largely interdependent instruments of economic policy. However, they differ in aims and methods . t may be said that both competition policy and economic regulation seek to achieve the benefits from workable competition,...