The book provides a comprehensive analysis of how EU competition law applies to platform businesses, with a focus on the concept of leveraging abuse.
It explores how existing antitrust rules can be adapted and applied to address the specific competitive dynamics and business models of digital platforms.
The book examines various forms of leveraging abuse, such as tying, refusal to supply, margin squeeze, and discrimination, and proposes ways to reinterpret them in the context of the platform economy. It also explores the role of regulatory and self-regulatory approaches in addressing the challenges posed by digital platforms.
Finally, the book offers practical guidance for legal practitioners, policymakers, and academics who want to understand how competition law can be used to promote innovation and fairness in the digital economy. Overall, the book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the intersection between EU competition law and the platform economy.


Table of Contents



Introduction



Foreword



Abbreviations


INTRODUCTION


PART 1


The Platform Economy



1. What we talk about when we talk about platforms


2. Platform Economics and Strategy


3. Categorizing Pontentially Anticompetitve behaviour by online platforms



PART 2


Intra-Platform Exclusion under Artible 102 TFEU



4. Intra-Platform exclusion preliminaries


5. Leveraging


6. Tying


7. Refusal to supply


8. Margin Squeeze


9. Disruptive Discrimination


10. Justifying anticompetitive behaviour: platform governance



Part 3


Regulating Platforms Beyond Article 102


11. Introduction to Platform Regulation


12. Scope of Platform Regulation


13. Potential Regulatory Interventions


14. Conclusion on Platform Regulation



CONCLUSION



Table of Legislation


Table of Cases


Bibliography


Index