Agreements between Amazon and publishers are starting rolling out, see here and here. It is not very hard to predict that these agreements will come to be scrutinized quite closely by competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. While, it seems, conspiracy theories this time round could be safely ruled out, it would be high time to develop comprehensive assessment criteria with regard to vertical restraints triggered by, or in the context of, electronic platforms.
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BMWI, hier .
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Short piece 'invited' by a Journal, preprint here. Notate Bene: written before the DOJ v. Apple Complaint was filed ;-).
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DCI, Video here.
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Programme here ; livestream here .
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A. D'Amico et al., here .
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TechPolicy.press, here .
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D. Acemoglu, Video here .
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Amsterdam Law School, here .