Advanced Short Course 3
Advanced Short Course on Economics of Platforms: Competition and Regulation
(3.5 a.h.¹)
Outline of Course Contents
Lecture 1: Platform economics (1.5 hours)
- Identifying network effects
- A typology of platforms
- Platform pricing and design – a quick overview
Lecture 2: Competition and regulation issues in the platform economy (1.5 hours)
- Market definition and market power
- Potentially anti-competitive practices
- Price parity clauses
- Exclusivity and vertical integration
- Self-preferencing and steering
- Bundling and tying
Main References
- Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz (2021). The Economics of Platforms: Concepts and Strategy. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/economics-of-platforms/1465A930513786676D369128B0AF9D21
¹ a.h. = academic hour (50 minutes)