Competition, Regulation and Pluralism in the Online World

2018 Annual Scientific Seminar on the Economics, Law and Policy of Communications and Media

The Annual Scientific Seminar, organised jointly by the Florence School of Regulation, Communications & Media (FSR C&M), the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and the Florence Competition Programme in Law and Economics (FCP), is at the frontier of research in electronic communications, Internet and media. It brings together scholars in the fields of social sciences, economics, law and journalism, as well as practitioners.

Keynote Speaker:

Hal Varian

Chief Economist, Google

Emeritus Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley

Presentation: Artificial Intelligence and Antitrust – Hal Varian

After giving the keynote speech at the 2018 Annual Scientific Seminar on the Economics, Law and Policy of Communications and Media, “Competition, Regulation and Pluralism in the Online World” held at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, Hal Varian (Chief Economist, Google & Emeritus Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley) gave an interview on the Future of the Internet and Media Pluralism with Pier Luigi Parcu, Director of the Florence School of Regulation, Communications & Media (FSR C&M), the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and the Florence Competition Programme in Law and Economics (FCP).”

Economic Models for the Internet – Hal Varian – Part I

Media Pluralism and the Internet – Hal Varian – Part II

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Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the European Competition and Regulatory  Law Review (CoRe).    

See the Presentations

• Assessing the Impact of Mobile Consolidation on Innovation and Quality – Serafino Abate
• The ‘ECN Plus Project’: Updating the ECN to the Challenges of the Online World – Gabriele Carovano
• Effects of Taxation on Advertising in Two-sided Markets – Matthew Ce Shi
• Media Bias and ll Patto del Nazareno – Lapo Filistrucchi and Marco Mello
• Estimating Consumer Inertia in Repeated Choices of Smartphones – Lukasz Grzybowski
• The Impact of Machine Translation on International Trade: A First Look – Lisa George Christian Peukert
• Expression on Platforms: Freedom of Expression and ISP Liability in the Framework of the Digital Single Market – Giovanni de Gregorio
• A Comparison of a New Index Based on the Media Pluralism Monitor with Some Other Indexes Ranking Freedom of Expression in EU Countries – Pier Luigi Parcu and Elda Brogi
• Essential Facilities Doctrine in the Data-driven Economy – Alexandre de Streel
• Competition Law and Online Platforms: Reflections on the Market Definition – Daniel Mandrescu
• Should Young and Small Competition Agencies Tackle Cross-Border Algorithmic Tacit Collusion – Pierre Horna
• Antitrust Intent after Google Shopping – Nicolo Zingales