Competition, regulation and growth in a digitized world

Dealing with emerging competition issues in digital markets

Digital markets have raised a number of new competition challenges. Ex-post competition policy appears not to be able to address them in their entirety and with the necessary speed. There is considerable consensus, among academics and policy-makers, that ex-ante regulatory policies are needed to avoid competition being stifled in these markets, with a negative impact on productivity and innovation. As a result, major OECD economies are discussing or have approved regulatory proposals with the aim to foster contestability and fair trade in digital markets.

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Source: Nicoletti, G., C. Vitale and C. Abate (2023), "Competition, regulation and growth in a digitized world: Dealing with emerging competition issues in digital markets", OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1752, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/1b143a37-en..

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