scholarly journals Power Direct Trade Reform in China and the Role of the Competition Law

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanfang Fei ◽  
Sen Liang
Keyword(s):  
Competition Law ◽  
Trade Reform ◽  
Direct Trade

Excessive Data Collection as a Form of Anticompetitive Conduct: The German Facebook Case

2021 ◽  
pp. 0003603X2199702
Author(s):  
Anne C. Witt
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Federal Court Of Justice ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
Abuse Of Dominance

In a high-profile decision of February 6, 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office prohibited Facebook’s data collection policy as an abuse of dominance for infringing its users’ constitutional right to privacy. The case triggered a remarkable interinstitutional dispute between the key players in German competition law. Conflicting rulings by the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and the German Federal Court of Justice further illustrate how deeply divided the antitrust community is on the role of competition law in regulating excessive data collection and other novel types of harm caused by dominant digital platforms. This contribution discusses the original prohibition decision, the ensuing court orders, and legislative reform proposals in the broader context of European Union and U.S. competition law.

scholarly journals The Interior Appeal of the FAS of Russia: the Role of Legal Positions in the Development of Uniformity of Law Enforcement Practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
O. A. Moskvitin ◽  
I. P. Bochinin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Antimonopoly Law ◽  
Uniform Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Compliance With The Law ◽  
The Right

The article discusses some problems of the formation of a uniform law enforcement practice on the example of specific decisions of the FAS Russia Board of Appeals on issues related to: the application of the rules for the qualification of antitrust violations provided for in part 1 of art. 10 of the Federal Law «On Protection of Competition»; the need to prove the fulfillment of an agreement prohibited by art.16 of the same Law; the exercise of the right of the FAS Russia collegial bodies to refer the matter for a new consideration to the territorial antimonopoly body. It is concluded that the legal positions of the Appeal Board of FAS Russia, being based on the law and applied only in compliance with the law, help to effectively resolve controversial problems of pre-trial Antimonopoly law enforcement and to develop uniform approaches to the interpretation of the rules of competition law.

Analyse der Übertragung US-amerikanischer Schocks auf Deutschland auf Basis eines FAVAR / A FAVAR-based Analysis of the Transmission of US Shocks to Germany

2010 ◽  
Vol 230 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Eickmeier
Keyword(s):  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Monetary Policy Shocks ◽  
Vector Autoregressive ◽  
Policy Shocks ◽  
Trade Channel ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Historical Decomposition ◽  
Direct Trade

SummaryThe paper assesses the transmission of US supply, demand and monetary policy shocks between 1976 and 2008 based on a factor-augmented vector autoregressive model (FAVAR) which is applied to a newly constructed set of more than 200 German time series. The study not only assesses the transmission of US shocks to German GDP via impulse response analysis but also to a large number of variables capturing the various transmission channels. The inclusion not only of aggregate trade variables but also of variables covering trade with different partner countries/regions helps analyzing more deeply the trade channel, e. g. the role of direct trade versus trade with third countries. Another focus lies on the transmission of US shocks to specific industries such as the car and the machinery industries which were particularly severely affected by the global financial crisis. Finally, the role of US shocks for the most recent downturn in Germany is assessed based on a historical decomposition.

Competition law and digital ecosystems: Learning to walk before we run

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Jenny
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Economic Literature ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Business Policy ◽  
Competition Analysis ◽  
Competition Law Enforcement ◽  
Platforms And Ecosystems ◽  
Traditional Competition

Abstract The paper analyzes the challenges faced by competition authorities with respect to the digital sector. Borrowing insights from the business policy literature and from the economic literature, the paper first analyzes the specificities of digital firms (multi-sided platforms and ecosystems) with respect to their development and competitive strategies. Building on this foundation the paper explores some of the challenges of applying traditional competition analysis to competition in the business sector. We then discuss a number of issues relevant to competition law enforcement in the digital sector starting with the role of data, competition within ecosystems and between ecosystems, consumer biases, and the role of gatekeepers. We conclude with a research agenda for economists and competition authorities.

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