Book contents
- Natural Monopolies in Digital Platform Markets
- Global Competition Law and Economics Policy
- Natural Monopolies in Digital Platform Markets
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Technological Change and Natural Monopolies in Digital Industries
- 3 Horizontal Search
- 4 E-Commerce Marketplaces
- 5 Ride-Hailing Platforms
- 6 The Institutional Dimension of Alternative Policy Options
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The Institutional Dimension of Alternative Policy Options
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 June 2020
- Natural Monopolies in Digital Platform Markets
- Global Competition Law and Economics Policy
- Natural Monopolies in Digital Platform Markets
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Technological Change and Natural Monopolies in Digital Industries
- 3 Horizontal Search
- 4 E-Commerce Marketplaces
- 5 Ride-Hailing Platforms
- 6 The Institutional Dimension of Alternative Policy Options
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter discusses alternative policy approaches that may be pertinent to digital platform markets at large. It evaluates the strengths and limits of ex ante regulation, franchise bidding, public ownership, and competition policy enforcement, and highlights critical institional constraints that set the limits of desirable policy approaches in digital industries. This chapter suggests in particular the neeed to support ex post enforcement with complementary forms of ex ante intervention.
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- Natural Monopolies in Digital Platform Markets , pp. 126 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020