Arbeitspapier

The economics of the German investigation of Facebook's data collection

The importance of digital platforms and related data-driven business models is ever increasing and poses challenges for the workability of competition in the respective markets (tendencies towards dominant platforms, paying-with-data instead of traditional money, privacy concerns, etc.). Due to such challenges, investigations of such markets are of high interest. One of recent cases is the investigation of Facebook's data collection practices by German competition authorities. Our paper, in contrast to the wide stream of legal studies on this case, aims to analyze whether Facebook's practices regarding data collection could constitute an abuse of market power from an economic perspective, more specifically against the background of modern data economics. In doing so we summarize the state of the advanced theories, including influences from behavioral economics, addressing such markets, and discuss four potential theories of harm.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers ; No. 139

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Antitrust Law
Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
Business Economics
Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Thema
data economics
big data
economics of privacy
competition
Facebook case
paying-with-data
abuse of dominance
market power
digital economy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Budzinski, Oliver
Gruésevaja, Marina
Noskova, Victoriia
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
(wo)
Ilmenau
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Budzinski, Oliver
  • Gruésevaja, Marina
  • Noskova, Victoriia
  • Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

Entstanden

  • 2020

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