Consumer Protection for Online Markets and Large Digital Platforms

This Article starts by discussing the economic rationale for consumer protection, including explaining its key role in protecting against market power and ensuring competitive markets that deliver good consumer outcomes. It goes onto highlight some key differences between online and offline markets,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Yale journal on regulation 2023-01, Vol.40 (3), p.875-914
Main Authors: Fletcher, Amelia, Crawford, Gregory S, Crémer, Jacques, Dinielli, David, Heidhues, Paul, Luca, Michael, Salz, Tobias, Schnitzer, Monika, Morton, Fiona M Scott, Seim, Katja, Sinkinson, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Cheating
Competition
Consumer protection
Consumers
Consumption
Economics and Finance
Enforcement
Humanities and Social Sciences
Proposals
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This Article starts by discussing the economic rationale for consumer protection, including explaining its key role in protecting against market power and ensuring competitive markets that deliver good consumer outcomes. It goes onto highlight some key differences between online and offline markets, explains what concerns these differences are likely to create for consumers and regulators, and provides a menu of policy proposals for addressing these concerns.
ISSN:0741-9457
2376-5925