title: The scope of competition law in the digital economy
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metadata.value: Lianos, Ioannis
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metadata.value: Zingales, Nicolo
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metadata.value: McLean, Andrew
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metadata.value: Raslan, Azza
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metadata.value: Strader, Matthew J.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-12-16T13:54:38Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-12-16T13:54:38Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Lianos, Ioannis, Zingales, Nicolo, McLean, Andrew, Raslan, Azza, Strader, Matthew J. 2019. The scope of competition law in the digital economy. Pravovedenie 63 (4): 522–572.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2019.402
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33962
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metadata.value: The article reveals new problems arising in the digital economy and the need for antimonopoly
  regulation. It also analyzes the legal remedies and procedures for competition law in the context
  of digitalization. Redesigning competition law procedures for the digital economy can take
  two forms: 1) ensure the rate of competition law enforcement so as to avoid acting in situations
  when market tipping has already occurred and it is almost impossible to reverse the anticompetitive
  outcome; 2) develop remedial action that takes into account the scale of anticompetitive
  behavior, which might better reflect the complexity of digital markets. Competition authorities
  should consider utilizing interim measures and commitment decisions in the digital economy,
  both instruments playing a complementary role. Interim measures can be used within a revised
  framework with lower thresholds, but this should only be reserved for complicated and lengthy
  investigations where there is risk of irreversible harm to competition. These measures should
  be applied to the most harmful violations, such as cartels and abuse of dominance. Commitment
  decisions can be utilized to address less serious violations where it is also beneficial to the
  competition authority to reach a swift resolution. The article analyzes the division of companies
  as a way to eliminate violations. Division can take different forms and need not be structural.
  A certain ‘light-touch’ separation may be achieved by policies mandating that digital platforms
  not use personal data that has been harvested by the members of their ecosystems unless they
  have the explicit consent of their users. The article also addresses issues such as data portability
  and cross-platform compatibility. The authors have proved that the BRICS countries need
  to supplement their national legislation on the protection of personal data in terms of norms on
  their portability. Although it is not mainly designed as a tool to combat monopolies and market
  power, data portability will have a significant impact on competition in digital markets. Multisided
  digital platforms are characterized by a high network and lock-in effects. In a winner takes
  all, or most, where undertakings compete for the market rather than in the market, the right to
  data portability may provide some relief from the power that large digital platforms hold.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 63; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digital economy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interim measures
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: commitment decisions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: personal data
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: data portability
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: competition by design
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: BRICS countries
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The scope of competition law in the digital economy
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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