The agency model used by Apple and other digital platforms delegates retail‐pricing
decisions to upstream content providers subject to a fixed revenue‐sharing rule. Given …

Many modem internet-based companies relied upon by consumers and businesses alike
operate, at least in some capacity, as two-sided platforms. 1 The concept originates from …

Online platforms often impose Price Parity Clauses to prevent sellers from charging lower
prices on alternative sales channels. We provide quasi-experimental evidence on the full …

The price parity clauses (PPCs) that online booking platforms impose have come under
antitrust scrutiny. Wang and Wright (2017) show how by preventing showrooming, a narrow …

This book charts the emergence of experimentalist governance in the implementation of EU
competition law as a response to uncertainty and the limits of hierarchical enforcement in an …

This paper examines the impact of most-favored-nation (MFN) clauses on retail prices,
taking advantage of two natural experiments that changed vertical contracting between …

In recent years, there has been significant scrutiny of what the holder of a standard-essential
patent (" SEP") who has made a commitment to license on fair, reasonable, and …

Price parity clauses are a modern-day antitrust challenge posed by online platforms. Their
adoption may indeed soften competition across platforms, thereby increasing commission …

This article investigates the incentive and ability of a platform to limit the extent of
competition between the sellers it hosts. Absent contractual restrictions, a platform has an …

This paper examines the effects of platform most-favored-customer (PMFC) clauses on
incentives for platforms to invest in demand-enhancing investments that might involve …