Louis Pape is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Télécom Paris and CREST, Institut Polytechnique de Paris. His research focuses on digital economics, labor economics, competition policy, and applied econometrics.
In new research, Louis Pape and Michelangelo Rossi find that the European Union’s Digital Markets Act’s prohibition on self-preferencing had little effect on the popularity of Google Maps relative to competitors. User preference for the incumbent service appears to outweigh frictional barriers to access.