eprintid: 1598
rev_number: 7
eprint_status: archive
userid: 21
dir: disk0/00/00/15/98
datestamp: 2013-05-31 12:50:19
lastmod: 2013-05-31 12:50:19
status_changed: 2013-05-31 12:50:19
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Giannaccari, Andrea
creators_id: a.giannaccari@imtlucca.it
title: E-books ed intese editoriali nell’Eden digitale: c’è la Mela del peccato?
ispublished: pub
subjects: H1
subjects: K1
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
keywords: e-books, competition law, antitrust law, resale price maintenance, agency model, horizontal practices, vertical restraints. 
note: JEL: K21, L41, L42
abstract: The article analyses the e-books history, scrutinizing the main changes that have occurred in the traditional publishing industry and paying attention to the elements that characterize the new market. In this perspective, it is thus assessed the US and European antitrust case concerning the agreements reached by Apple and the major international media groups, according to the allegations aimed at achieving the coordination on the pricing schemes in the sale of electronic books as to oppose the discounting practices adopted by the dominant player in the market: Amazon. Who is the winner?
date: 2013-04
date_type: published
publication: Mercato Concorrenza Regole
volume: XV
number: 1
publisher: Il Mulino
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1590-5128 
citation:   Giannaccari, Andrea  E-books ed intese editoriali nell’Eden digitale: c’è la Mela del peccato?  Mercato Concorrenza Regole, XV (1).   ISSN 1590-5128       (2013)