Digital platforms

Dear readers,

On behalf of the whole team, welcome to the 27th issue of the TSEconomist! This issue focuses on digital platforms. You will find in this spotlight three very interesting articles about how firms manipulate consumers with the help of digital platforms (by

Daniel Tunda), how American antitrust laws can stop the GAFAM (by Damien Granat),

and finally, how new proposals from the European Commission aim to correct failures in the digital market (by our beloved deputy Editor Louise Damade). In the academics section you can also find the interview with Matthew O. Jackson, this year’s Jean-Jacques Laffont prize recipient, about his work on interpersonal networks.

In this March issue, as for the last ones, you will find current and former students’ testimonies from each M2. This part of the magazine aims to help students choose their path between the different masters. You will also be able to find descriptions of the two

new master programs: the Master in Data science for social sciences and the Master in Mathematics and Economic Decision.

Besides, we would like to thank you for your participation in the online survey about students’ social inequalities at TSE. You can find the related article in our section “Oncampus investigation”. The academic section focuses on two subjects: Does corruption

favor economic activity? and The opportunities and challenges of the hydrogen economy.

I highly recommend you to read these two articles.Above all, I would like to thank the members of our board, Louise, Stephen, Camille,

Eloise, and Noémie for their much-appreciated work and efforts throughout the year.

Also, thank you to all of the people who participated in this years’ issues. I know it hasn’t been very easy for all of you to be motivated and to come up with new ideas for the magazine. Finally, for all the students leaving TSE to start a new life, I wish you all the

best.

Enjoy the reading

Clémence Butin