Competition Law Issues in the Platform Economy

The rapidly growing worldwide platform economy raises a range of competition law issues that need to be addressed not only at a national, but also at supranational and international level. The characteristic features of market structures, the abuse of power in markets, merger control, and the law on unfair trading practices within the platform economy all provide interesting and worthy subject matter for this volume's contributions by international experts.Andreas Heinemann: From two-sided networks to digital ecosystems: The economics of platform markets - Harry First: Merger control in platform markets - Björn Lundqvist: Data access, data portability and data interoperability in the platform economy - Philipp Fabbio: The EU Regulation on platform-to-business relations. A suitable response to unfair and restrictive trade practices?