The Digital Economy and Competition Law in Asia

1. Front Matter

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2. The Digital Economy and Asian Competition Law: An Introduction

   • Steven Van Uytsel

   Pages 1-23

3. Platforms, Unilateral Conduct and Competition Law

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   2. Competition Law Enforcement for Exploitative Abuse by Digital Platforms: The Japanese Approach in a Global Context

      • Toshiaki Takigawa

      Pages 27-43

   3. Regulating Competition Between Digital Platforms: The Japan Fair Trade Commission’s Preference for Unfair Trade Practices

      • Steven Van Uytsel, Yoshiteru Uemura

      Pages 45-72

4. The Limits of Competition Law in the Digital Economy

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   2. The Nexus Between Competition and Personal Data Protection Laws: Thailand’s Perspective

      • Peerapat Chokesuwattanaskul

      Pages 75-101

   3. Ride Hailings Apps Enter in Competition with Ojek: Indonesia’s Response to the Impact of Disruptive Innovation

      • Ningrum Natasya Sirait, Mohammad Reza, Angayar Kanni Ramaiah, Aria Suyudi

      Pages 103-123

5. Algorithms, Coordinated Price Setting, and Competition Law

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   2. Algorithmic Collusion and Indian Competition Act: Suggestions to Tackle Inadequacies and Naivety

      • Nikita Koradia, Kiran Manokaran, Zara Saeed

      Pages 127-191

   3. Algorithmic Hub-and-Spoke Cartels: A Japanese Perspective

      • Steven Van Uytsel

      Pages 193-219

6. Back Matter

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The digital economy, broadly defined as the economy operating on the basis of interconnectivity between people and businesses, has gradually spread over the world. Although a global phenomenon, the digital economy plays out in local economic, political, and regulatory contexts. The problems thus created by the digital economy may be approached differently depending on the context. This edited collection brings together leading scholars based in Asia to detail how their respective jurisdictions respond to the competition law problems evolving out of the deployment of the digital economy. This book is timely, because it will show to what extent new competition law regimes or those with a history of lax enforcement can respond to these new developments in the economy. Academics in law and business strategies with an interest in competition law, both in Asia and more broadly, will find the insights in this edited collection invaluable. Further, this volume will be a key resource for scholars, practitioners and students. 

• Digital Economy
• Price Discrimination
• Online Competition
• Algorithmic Collusion
• Platform Economy
• Asian Competition Law

• Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

  Steven Van Uytsel

Steven Van Uytsel is Associate Professor of Competition Law at the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. His specialization in competition law relates to enforcement issues and the position of competition law in countries in transition. More recently, he is focusing on algorithmic pricing strategies and competition law, for which he is the recepient of the Grant in Aid for Scientific Research (C), No. (April 2018-March 2021), Artificial Intelligence, Price Setting Strategies and Antitrust Law: Towards a Regulatory Framework. He has also developed in interest in the regulation of Artificial Intelligence for autonomous vehicles, for which he has been granted a Tsubasa research grant from Kyushu University. He is editor of the Research Handbook on Asian Competition Law (Shuya Hayashi and John. O. Haley (co-editors), edward Elgar 2020). He is further author of, amongst others, Artificial Intelligence and Collusion: A Literature Overview (in Robotics, AI, and the Future of Law (Fenwick, Corrales and Forgó (eds.), Springer, 2019) and Digital Markets and the Response of the Japan Fair Trade Commission: The DeNA Co. Case, in Competition Law for the Digital Economy (Lundqvist ed., Edward Elgar, 2020).