The impact of EU online platform regulation on EU productivityA preliminary assessment

As the EU embarks on its next five year legislative and institutional term, improving EU productivity is at the top of the agenda, with the new Draghi Report setting the tone. Together with this new focus, regulatory simplification is finally receiving the attention that it deserves. As a contribution to this newly intense discussion, this paper reviews (1) both the positive and negative effects of specific significant EU laws relevant to the digital world enacted in the past ten years, and the relative balance of gains and losses; (2) the effe

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