Projects and Activities
- HKU-Lingnan- Florida Platform Competition Conference (20-21 June 2019)
The HKU-Lingnan-Florida Platform Competition Conference is co-organized by the HKU FBE Industrial Economics and Competition Policy Program, the Lingnan University Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation, and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The first day of the conference is geared to practitioners and policy questions while the second day focuses on bridging the understanding of online platforms across academic disciplines. Competition analysis of online markets is a hot topic around the world. In a number of jurisdictions, online markets already have been subject to competition law review in merger or conduct cases. In other jurisdictions, these issues are in a nascent stage of policy. A number of lessons can be learned from the cases to date involving online markets with regard to optimal competition policy. What these cases tend to share are some basic features as to how online markets work. Some jurisdictions understand the particular dynamics of multi-sided online markets. Other competition authorities sometimes may misidentify these markets and the market dynamics therein. We explore both what is known and the gaps in knowledge to better understand these market dynamics.
Conference Conveners:
- Yuk-fai FONG, The University of Hong Kong
- Ping LIN, Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation, Lingnan University
- D. Daniel SOKOL, University of Florida
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