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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Big Tech Acquisitions: Towards Empirical Evidence |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Journal of European Competition Law and Practice |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 2041-7764 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Number | 6 |
| Page Range | 471 - 478 |
| Date | 2021 |
| Abstract Text | The current policy discussion over Big Tech Acquisitions debates whether merger control needs to be updated to account for the particular features of digital industries. Empirical evidence on the competitive effects of big tech acquisitions is still scarce. Based on product-level data from the Google Play Store, we find that half of the acquired apps are discontinued, whereas continued apps become free of charge but request more privacy-sensitive permissions post-acquisition. To fully evaluate the competitive effects of Big Tech Acquisitions, it is necessary to study the impact on competing apps as well as potential spillovers to competing developers’ other apps. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1093/jeclap/lpab025 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:23520 |
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