Jacques Crémer

The Toulouse Network for Information Technology

TSE Research Faculty
Professor of Economics

Toulouse School of Economics

Toulouse University

21, Allée de Brienne
31015 Toulouse Cedex 6
FRANCE

+ 33 (0)5 61 12 85 89

jacques.cremer@tse-fr.eu

Website: Toulouse faculty profile

Twitter: @jcremer

Issues: Cloud Computing, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Open Source, Intellectual Property, Interoperability and Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing

About Jacques Crémer

Jacques Crémer is a Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Research Faculty and Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE). He has done fundamental work on planning theory, the theory of auctions and organization theory. Professor Crémer’s current research interests are the theory of organizations, political economy, and networks, software and the internet.

Professor Crémer is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a member of its Council. He has been the Director of the Digital Center since 2015. In 2018, he was appointed Special Adviser to European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, and focused on future challenges of digitisation for competition policy (the appointment ended March 2019).

Degree(s):
Ingénieur diplômé, l'École Polytechnique, 1970
M.S. Management, Massachussets Institute of Technology, 1973
Ph.D. Economics, Massachussets Institute of Technology, 1978

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Research Articles from this Academic	Co-Authors	Year
Google et Doubleclick, Une Fusion à Regarder de Près This op-ed, written in French, describes Google and Doubleclick’s plans to merge.	Christian Gollier	2007
Incumbency Advantage and Its Value Incumbent digital platforms may enjoy advantages over new entrants. Factors affecting the extent of the incumbent’s advantage include consumer coordination problems and consumers’ ability to join more than one platform.	Gary Biglaiser and Emilio Calvano	2019
Legal vs. Ownership Unbundling in Network Industries This paper asks if we benefit when networks own firms that use the networks.	Helmuth Cremer and Philippe De Donder	2006
Optimal Search Auctions This paper considers the problem of how a seller using auctions can find bidders and increase revenues.	Yossi Spiegel and Charles Z. Zheng	2007
Public Policy Towards the Internet and Development This paper looks at how the Internet affects businesses and consumers.		2001
The Value of Incumbency When Platforms Face Heterogeneous Customers Policymakers are unsure how much competition between platforms like Microsoft or Apple is possible or desirable. Consumers are reluctant to switch platforms, giving incumbent firms an advantage.	Gary Biglaiser	2020
Value of Switching Costs, The This paper asks how consumers’ costs and choices affect competition.	Gary Biglaiser and Gergely Dobos	2009

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