Download This PaperDoes Envelopment Through Data Advantage Call for New Regulation?
35 Pages Posted: 16 Mar 2021
Date Written: 2021
Abstract
Envelopment is an effective form of market entry that facilitates competition among platforms. Nevertheless, many commentators have focused on the anticompetitive potential of envelopment, and some have argued for regulation of platforms because of that concern. These calls for regulation are not supported by robust formal analysis or comprehensive empirical evidence. We analyze a visible recent contribution by Condorelli and Padilla (2020a,b) and explain why the model that they put forward is not ripe for policy advice in relation to concerns with envelopment.
JEL Classification: K210, L130, L400
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Langus, Gregor and Lipatov, Vilen, Does Envelopment Through Data Advantage Call for New Regulation? (2021). CESifo Working Paper No. 8932, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3805458 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3805458
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