Antitrust and Restrictions on Privacy in the Digital Economy

Nicholas Economides, Ioannis Lianos, Antitrust and restrictions on privacy in the digital economy, September 2020, Concurrences N° 3-2020, Art. N° 94275, https://www.concurrences.com/en/review/issues/no-3-2020/articles/antitrust-and-restrictions-on-privacy-in-the-digital-economy-en

NYU Stern School of Business Forthcoming

Posted: 4 May 2021

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Nicholas Economides

New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics

Ioannis Lianos

University College London - Faculty of Laws

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Date Written: 26, 2020

Abstract

We present a model of a market failure based on a requirement provision by digital platforms in the acquisition of personal information from users of other products/services. We establish the economic harm from the market failure and the requirement using traditional antitrust methodology. Eliminating the requirement and the market failure by creating a functioning market for the sale of personal information would create a functioning market for personal information that would benefit users. Even though market harm is established under the assumption that consumers are perfectly informed about the value of their privacy, we show that when users are not well informed, there can be additional harms to this market failure.

Keywords: United Kingdom, European Union, United States of America, Regulatory, Economic analysis, Dominance, Market power, Exchange of information, Access to information, Remedies, Privacy, Online platforms, Big Tech

Suggested Citation

Economides, Nicholas and Lianos, Ioannis, Antitrust and Restrictions on Privacy in the Digital Economy (26, 2020). Nicholas Economides, Ioannis Lianos, Antitrust and restrictions on privacy in the digital economy, September 2020, Concurrences N° 3-2020, Art. N° 94275, https://www.concurrences.com/en/review/issues/no-3-2020/articles/antitrust-and-restrictions-on-privacy-in-the-digital-economy-en, NYU Stern School of Business Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3834478

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