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Seoul Journal of Economics - Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 37-54 | |
Abbreviation: SJE | |
ISSN: 1225-0279 (Print) | |
Print publication date 28 Feb 2024 | |
Received 15 Jan 2024 Accepted 17 Jan 2024 | |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22904/sje.2024.37.1.002 | |
Abuse of Dominance in Digital Markets: The Korea Fair Trade Commission’s Google Play Store Decision | |
Hwa Ryung Lee
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Director, Economic Analysis Division, Cartel Investigation Bureau, Korea Fair Trade Commission, 95 Dasom3-ro, Sejong-si, Korea, Tel: +82 44 200 4551 (hwaryunglee@korea.kr) | |
JEL Classification: K0, L4 |
This paper introduces the decision rendered by the Korea Fair Trade Commission regarding the Google Play Store Case in April 2023. Google Play Store dominates the market for Android-based app stores both domestically and globally. Upon the launch of One Store, an integrated app store of three mobile carriers and Korea’s leading search engine Naver, Google devised a strategy aimed at securing exclusive release of games. The Commission determined that Google’s action that limits multi-homing constitutes anticompetitive behavior, resulting in the exclusion of One Store from the competitive landscape.
Keywords: Abuse of dominance, Exclusive dealing, Multi-homing, Online platform |
The paper contains only public information regarding the case based on the KFTC press release (2023. 4. 12.) and the KFTC written resolution (No. 2023-103) (Case No. 2020지감 1764). The views expressed are those of the author and not of the KFTC.
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3. | KFTC, KFTC Imposes Sanctions on Google for Forcing Apps to Release Exclusively on Its Own App Store, KFTC Press Release, April 11th, 2023. (in Korean) |
4. | KFTC, Google’s abuse of dominance in relation to app stores (Case No. 2020지감 1764), KFTC Decision, No. 2023-103, July 20th, 2023. (in Korean) |
5. | Rasmussen, E. B., Ramseyer, J. M., and Wiley, J. S., Jr., “Naked Exclusion.” The American Economic Review 81(No. 5 1991): 1137-1145. |
6. | Segal, I. R. and Whinston, M. D., “Naked Exclusion: Comment.” The American Economic Review 91(No. 1 2000): 296-309. |
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