December 21, 2015
Today, EPICENTER releases its latest briefing, on the economics and regulation of online platforms.
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December 21, 2015
While platforms can operate online and offline, the internet has created new opportunities to lower transaction costs by linking users. Recently, there have been calls at EU level for a special regulatory framework for online platforms.
December 10, 2015
In Paris as we speak, negotiators from around the world are busy trying to put together a set of environmental goals that will be underwritten by the majority of participants.
December 3, 2015
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority slammed measures proposed by TfL to regulate private hire vehicles, notably services such as Uber.
December 1, 2015
EPICENTER’s Italian partner, Istituto Bruno Leoni, just released its 2015 Index of Liberalisations report.
November 25, 2015
The European Commission has released its plan for an EU-wide deposit insurance scheme.
November 19, 2015
EurActiv reports that the Italian Parliament is scheduled to vote on legislation which would regulate online platforms.
October 25, 2015
Here in EPICENTER, our authors have consistently opposed the Commission’s proposal for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base – better known in EU policy circles by its rather Soviet-looking acronym, CCCTB.
September 15, 2015
From 2016, e-cigarettes will face additional regulation under Article 20 of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). Given that non-smokers have so far shown little interest in e-cigarettes, critics argue that discouraging ‘vaping’ amounts to encouraging smoking and that some of the new regulations will damage health by raising prices and reducing the appeal of products which, if smokers switched to them, would save lives. However, Member States have some latitude in implementing the TPD.