Data access and regime competition a case study of car data sharing in China

Bertin Martens and Bo Zhao ()
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Bo Zhao: Tilburg University - Netherlands

No 2020-08, JRC Working Papers on Digital Economy from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: We study the case of a Chinese industrial policy, implemented in Shanghai, that makes it mandator for car manufacturers to share electro-mechanical performance and real time navigation data from their entire fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles with local and central government authorities. This policy seeks to reduce emissions, assess the performance of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), prevent fraud in state subsidies and strengthen the competitiveness of Chinese manufacturers of these vehicles. We argue that economies of scope in data aggregation may provide traditional market failure arguments for government intervention and mandatory data pooling. Our paper also illustrates how data access regulation could be used for economic regime competition. The EU and China pursue very similar data policy goals that hinge on economies of scope in data aggregation. However, they follow very different political processes to achieve these goals.

Keywords: China; data governance; data sharing and access rights; regime competition; industrial policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L11 L41 L43 L62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2020-12
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