The Intersection of Self-Preferencing and Pricing Practices in the Digital World
Click here to read the full article onlineThe behavior of platforms that also provide their own products and services has come under increased antitrust scrutiny, and allegations of so-called “self-preferencing” against two-sided tech platforms have multiplied, first in the European Union, and more recently in the United States. This article focuses on two areas of self-preferencing allegations that relate to pricing practices: commission rates and harvesting marketplace data to determine pricing.