Uber: a tech pioneer or an old taxi company?

Emily Schimelpfenig // 19 July 2017

On 4 July, European Court of Justice’s Advocate General Szpunar released an opinion stating that UberPop should be considered illegal, adding to the string …

Innovation in regulatory approaches

18 October, 2016

The sharing economy and digital platforms

An important part of the digital platform revolution is the sharing economy, which …

Reaping the benefits of the sharing economy

Dominykas Sumskis // 23.08.2016

The sharing, or collaborative, economy is a rapidly rising business model which enables exchanges of goods and services through …

Regulatory approaches to the sharing economy

18 February 2016
The sharing economy is based on reductions in transaction costs which enable exchanges that were previously not possible. Sharing economy firms …

Some cautionary notes on platform regulation

Diego Zuluaga // 03.11.2015
In a post last week, I welcomed Competition and Markets Authority chief Alex Chisholm’s plea for regulatory prudence on online …

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