Digital economy

Zooming in US-China tech rivalry

A comparative exploration of US-China innovation frontiers

Economic arguments in favour of reducing copyright protection for generative AI inputs and outputs

The licensing of training inputs slows down economic growth compared to what it could be with competitive and high-quality GenAI

Spend it at home: current account surpluses in the EU

EU leadership needs to identify the factors that hold investment back and the incentives that could persuade investors to stay in Europe

The complexities of AI regulation

How to balance legal certainty with evolving technology and international competition?

Tech firms’ promise to fight election fakes is a good start, but only a start

Digital firms must work with urgency to tackle deceptive content designed to mislead voters

Entry and competition in mobile app stores

The DMA raises tantalising opportunities for app stores innovation, making it the most exciting area of digital regulation.

The chicken-and-egg problem in the European Union Digital Markets Act

Business users are needed to help create useful interfaces, while useful interfaces are needed to justify investment and entry by business users.

Promoting STEM skills: a brief assessment of French individual learning accounts

French ILA successfully promotes basic digital skills but falls short of fostering more advanced capabilities.

Are new EU data market regulations coherent and efficient?

Technical restrictions on access to and re-use of data may result in failures in data markets and data-driven services markets.

New technologies in the workplace: a round-up of project research

The slow but steady uptake of artificial intelligence in Europe impacts the quantity, quality and nature of jobs as well as worker wellbeing.

Skills or a degree? The rise of skills-based hiring for AI and green jobs

We explore whether employers have started focusing on individual skills rather than on formal qualifications in their recruiting.

The value of skill complementarity, especially in artificial intelligence

Understanding skill complementarity can help workers and employers keep up in the increasingly high-tech world of work

Artificial intelligence and energy consumption

It is difficult to evaluate whether the green transition will compensate for AI energy consumption.

The competitive relationship between cloud computing and generative AI

Merger control and antitrust laws can address some of the competition risks arising from the relationship between generative AI and cloud computing.

What do the antitrust cases against Amazon reveal about contestability in the EU and the US?