The effective use of economics in the EU Digital Markets Act

Fletcher, Amelia, Crémer, Jacques, Heidhues, Paul, Kimmelman, Gene, Monti, Giorgio, Podszun, Rupprecht, Schnitzer, Monika, Scott Morton, Fiona and de Streel, Alexandre (2024) The effective use of economics in the EU Digital Markets Act. Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 20 (1-2). pp. 1-19. ISSN 1744-6414

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Abstract

Economic thinking and analysis lie at the heart of the objectives and the design of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). However, the design of the DMA reflects a very deliberate—and reasonable—intention to ensure clarity, speed, administrability, and enforceability. In doing so, this pro-competitive regulation omits several elements of standard competition law where economics has typically played a key role. Nonetheless, we believe that economic insights and analysis—including behavioural economic thinking—will continue to play an important role in enabling the DMA to achieve its ambitious and laudable goals, albeit in a somewhat different way.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: Paul Heidhues thanks the German Science Foundation (DFG) for funding under project number 462020252. Jacques Cr\u00E9mer acknowledges support from ANR under grant ANR-17-EURE-0010 (Investissements d\u2019Avenir program).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	computer software,horizontal anticompetitive practices,jel: k21 antitrust law,k23 regulated industries and administrative law,l41 monopolization,l51 economics of regulation,l86 information and internet services,economics and econometrics,law ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Responsible Business Regulation Group
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	29 May 2024 16:30
Last Modified:	16 Jul 2024 15:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95332
DOI:	10.1093/joclec/nhad018

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