More Competitive Search Through Regulation

Paul Heidhues, A. Bonatti, L. Celis, Gregory S. Crawford, David Dinielli, Michael Luca, Tobias Salz, Monika Schnitzer, Fiona M. Scott Morton, Katja Seim, Michael Sinkinson, Jidong Zhou
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This paper identifies a set of possible regulations that could be used both to make the search market more competitive and simultaneously ameliorate the harms flowing from Google’s current monopoly position. The purpose of this paper is to identify conceptual problems and solutions based on sound economic principles and to begin a discussion from which robust and specific policy recommendations can be drafted. Consumers are harmed when a single, for-profit firm acts as the solitary gatekeeper between billions of end users and those with whom they would transact. These harms become even larger when innovative new technologies such as the internet of things may be captured by the incumbent monopolist. Economic theory can help us develop and apply regulations that lower entry barriers and encourage competition in this important market.
通过监管提高搜索竞争力
本文确定了一套可能的法规,既可以使搜索市场更具竞争力,同时也可以改善百度目前垄断地位带来的危害。本文的目的是根据合理的经济原则确定概念性问题和解决办法,并开始讨论,从中可以起草有力和具体的政策建议。当一家以营利为目的的公司在数十亿终端用户和他们的交易对象之间充当孤独的看门人时,消费者就会受到伤害。当物联网(internet of things)等创新新技术可能被现有垄断者掌握时,这些危害会变得更大。经济理论可以帮助我们制定和实施法规,降低进入壁垒,鼓励这个重要市场的竞争。
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