https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=26300 Regulatory intervention is essential to prevent entry barriers and preserve contestable markets, with sectoral regulators acting ex ante and the competition authority ex post. Incumbency advantages that create moats and practices imposing large negative externalities may attract anti competitive scrutiny if they harm social welfare and deter new entrants. Digital markets pose distinct risks from data ownership, access, search visibility and multi sided market dynamics; strengthening institutional capacity, including a Digital Markets and Data Unit, and cooperation between regulators and the competition authority are urged to address these challenges. en-us Fri, 03 Mar 2023 18:34:19 +0530 Fri, 03 Mar 2023 18:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=26300 Regulatory intervention is essential to prevent entry barriers and preserve contestable markets, with sectoral regulators acting ex ante and the competition authority ex post. Incumbency advantages that create moats and practices imposing large negative externalities may attract anti competitive scrutiny if they harm social welfare and deter new entrants. Digital markets pose distinct risks from data ownership, access, search visibility and multi sided market dynamics; strengthening institutional capacity, including a Digital Markets and Data Unit, and cooperation between regulators and the competition authority are urged to address these challenges. News - Fri, 03 Mar 2023 18:34:19 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=26300