Jasper van den Boom

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Come to DICE and do some Research with us! We are hiring a #postdoc in International Economics and Economic Policy to start in October.

Meta & Apple 🍏 were slapped with the first non-compliance-decisions in the (short) history of the Digital Markets Act #DMA. This regulation for taming Big Tech finally shows its teeth. Or does it? Here is our report in the SCiDA blog!

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OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome Browser, ChatGPT Chief Says OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.

OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.

Thank you Aurélien!

Links to SSRN

(1) Revising Reg. 1/2003
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(2) Lessons US
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Towards effective remedies in EU competition law: Recalibrating Reg. 1/2003 to match digital market realities - SCiDA European competition law has a remedy problem. As digitisation changes how markets work, it becomes harder to find effective remedies. In this week’s blog, Jasper van den Boom discusses the papers [1]...

In our recent paper Fiona Scott Morton and I argue in favour of revising Reg. 1/2003 to give the Commission more space for effective remedies.

Read the blog and papers here:

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#SCiDA

Not complying with EU law and whining about it, not incendiary.

AI Action Summit in Paris: Here is our conference debriefing on our SCiDA blog. We checked out whether mille-feuille 🎂or 🍔is better for the #GenAI tech stack - and what role #competition and the DMA can play in shaping the future of AI in Europe 🇪🇺. Enjoy the read:

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Booking’s compliance workshop: a road well travelled? - SCiDA On 25 November 2024 the Commission hosted its seventh DMA compliance workshop which was a first for two reasons: 1. The first European gatekeeper had to explain and answer to market participants inter...

✈️ Booking a last minute winter getaway? If you're in the EU, it's worth checking the hotel's website.

In the new #SCIDA Blog, Sarah Hinck and I discuss the Booking compliance workshop. #Booking has made changes for parity, anti-steering, data collection & sharing.

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We have a new big research project 🪜, cooperation of @hhu.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social! We analyse the Digital Markets Act (DMA), section 19a of the German competition act and the UK DMCC Bill. 💡 @jaspervandenboom.bsky.social Here is our website:
www.scidaproject.com, incl newsletter!