Algorithms, Collusion and Competition Law

Edited by Steven Van Uytsel, Professor of International Business Law, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Japan, Salil K. Mehra, James E. Beasley Professor of Law, Beasley School of Law, Temple University, US and Yoshiteru Uemura, Professor of Competition Law, Faculty of Economics, Hannan University, Japan

Contents:

Preface x
Salil K. Mehra
Acknowledgements xii
1 The algorithmic collusion debate: a focus on
(autonomous) tacit collusion 1
Steven Van Uytsel
2 Algorithms and the limits of antitrust 39
Thomas Weck
3 Artificially intelligent collusion caught under EU competition law 48
Jan Blockx
4 Can the reformed Australian competition law stop
algorithmic collusion? 67
Baskaran Balasingham
5 Tackling algorithmic collusion: the scope of the Indian
Competition Act 92
Nikita Koradia, Kiran Manokaran and Zara Saeed
6 Challenges brought by and in response to algorithms: the
perspective of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law 142
Wei Han, Yajie Gao and Ai Deng
7 Algorithmic collusion and the Japanese antimonopoly law 165
Steven Van Uytsel and Yoshiteru Uemura
8 Price-monitoring algorithms and resale price maintenance:
an analysis of recent cases in Europe 189
Yoshiteru Uemura
9 Pricing in online grocery markets: challenges in
monitoring competition 203
Cassey Lee and Gloria Lin
10 Algorithms unravelled: observations on the audit of Uber
and Amazon marketplace algorithms 237
Steven Van Uytsel

Index 260