Article
Protecting and Fostering Online Platform Competition: The Role of Antitrust Law
Journal of Competition Law & Economics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-11-2021
Journal
Journal of Competition Law & Economics
Journal ISSN
1744-6414
Disciplines
Abstract
This essay provides a perspective on the role of antitrust law in protecting and fostering competition in the digital economy, with particular attention to online platforms. It highlights the danger of anticompetitive exclusionary conduct by dominant online platforms and describes ways that antitrust law can challenge and deter such conduct. The essay also identifies a number of difficulties that U.S. courts and enforcers face in challenging harmful exclusionary conduct by dominant platforms, and discusses some ways that regulation can supplement antitrust law in fostering competition.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/joclec/nhaa032
Citation Information
Jonathan Baker. "Protecting and Fostering Online Platform Competition: The Role of Antitrust Law" Journal of Competition Law & Economics Vol. 17 Iss. 2 (2021) p. 493 - 501 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan_baker/224/