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1 Online-Ressource (161 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781837976430
Series Statement:
Research in Law and Economics Series v.31
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Presenting new findings and perspectives from leading international scholars on three critical areas of developing government policies: Digital markets and their regulation, the divergence of expert and public views on European democracy, and the effects of firing notification procedures on wage growth
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Front Cover -- THE ECONOMICS AND REGULATION OF DIGITAL MARKETS -- RESEARCH IN LAW AND ECONOMICS -- THE ECONOMICS AND REGULATION OF DIGITAL MARKETS -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. The Economics and Regulation of Digital Markets -- 2. Is the Digital Markets Act the Cure for Europe's Platform Ills? Evidence From the European Commission's Impact Assessment -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: Static and Dynamic Competition -- 3 The Costs and Benefits Considered in the Impact Assessment -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Benefits Considered in the Impact Assessment -- 3.2.1 GDP Growth -- 3.2.2 Employment -- 3.2.3 Innovation -- 3.2.4 Benefits from Investment in R& -- D -- 3.2.5 Consumer Surplus -- 3.2.6 Competition -- 3.2.7 Internal Market Fragmentation -- 3.2.8 Cross-Border Trade -- 3.3 The Costs Considered in the Impact Assessment -- 3.3.1 Costs to the Commission -- 3.3.2 Costs to National Authorities -- 3.3.3 Costs to Platforms -- 3.3.4 Costs to Ecosystem Users and the Broader Economy -- 3.3.5 Technology Transfer -- 3.3.6 Impacts on Small and Medium Enterprises -- 4 Concluding Comments -- Notes -- References -- 3. Data, Power, and Competition Law: The (Im)possible Mission of the DMA?1 -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The New Challenges of Competition Law: Power Imbalances and Consumer Sovereignty -- 3 The Issue of "Data Power" in Competition Law and Beyond -- 4 The Digital Markets Act Thresholds: Overview, Ratio, and Critic -- 5 The Digital Markets Act: Critical Optimism -- 6 Conclusive Remarks: Lock-In Effect as the Guiding Principle for the Interpretation of Gatekeeping Power -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Rethinking Remedies for the Attention Economy -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Attention Economy in Social Media Markets -- 3 Structural Remedies for the Attention Economy
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3.1 Efficiency of Structural Remedies -- 3.2 Sustainability of Structural Remedies: Natural Selection at Work -- 3.3 The Paradox of the Attention Monopoly -- 4 Behavioral Remedies for the Attention Economy -- 4.1 Quantity-Based Behavioral Remedies: Attention Caps -- 4.2 Price-Based Behavioral Remedies: Attention Taxes -- 4.3 A Modified Attention Tax: Compensating Users for Attention Costs -- 4.4 The Informational Problems of Behavioral Remedies -- 5 Market-Based Remedies for the Attention Economy -- 5.1 Competing for the Monopoly -- 5.2 Social Media as a Vickrey Common -- 6 The Distributive Effects of Legal Intervention -- Notes -- References -- (A) Data -- (B) Articles and Books -- 5. With the Naked Eye - Diverging Perspectives on the Evaluation of Democracy in the European Union -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Data -- 2.1 The Indexes of the Quality of Democracy -- 2.2 The General Public's Satisfaction With Democracy -- 3 The Overlapping (To Some Extent) of Perspectives -- 4 The Significant Changes of the Democratic Assessment -- 5 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6. Firing Notification Procedures and Wage Growth -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Theoretical Literature -- 2.2 Empirical Literature -- 2.3 How Should the Firing Notification Procedures Impact Wage Growth? -- 3 Data -- 3.1 Variables -- 3.2 Summary Statistics -- 4 Empirical Analysis -- 4.1 Estimating Wage Growth -- 4.2 Treatment of the Labor Market Features -- 4.2.1 Wage Bargaining Involvement -- 4.2.2 Minimum Wage Growth and Firing Notification Restrictions -- 4.2.3 Vocational Training and Firing Notification Restrictions -- 4.2.4 Employment Distribution by Education and Temporary Employment -- 4.2.5 Severance Pay and Firing Notification Restrictions -- 4.3 Changes in the Firing Notification Restrictions -- 4.4 Treatment of Endogeneity
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5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fagan, Frank The Economics and Regulation of Digital Markets Leeds : Emerald Publishing Limited,c2023 ISBN 9781837976447
Language:
English
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