The law and economics of the data economy: introduction to the special issue

Thomas Eger and Marc Scheufen
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Marc Scheufen: German Economic Institute (IW)

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2024, vol. 57, issue 1, No 4, 93-111

Abstract: Abstract This article intends to provide a framework to better understand the economic problems and legal challenges resulting from the transition of the European economy to a data economy. We discuss some policy concerns surrounding the data economy, such as concentration in the data economy, anticompetitive business practices in the data economy, access to data and data sharing, data reliability, distributional effects of the data economy, and cybercrime. Moreover, we provide an overview of some important EU legal initiatives and reforms and clarify how the papers in this special issue contribute to assessing these initiatives from an economic point of view.

Keywords: Digital platforms; Data access; Data sharing; Data reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K11 K20 K21 L86 O33 Y20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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