Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 20, 2016 erstellt
Beschreibung:
This paper seeks to ascertain whether Google’s Android licensing terms, which are currently under scrutiny from the European Commission, should be absolved of antitrust sanctions because they increase its incentives to innovate. The paper starts by analyzing Google’s business model with regard to its Android OS. It then identifies the Commission’s main concerns. To assess Google’s behavior, the paper puts forward a framework which hinges on the concept of “appropriability”, and which antitrust authorities could use to balance ex ante incentives to innovate against the benefits from ex post competition. The paper argues that Google is simply pursuing a sensible appropriation strategy which could justify some immunity from antitrust intervention