Competition and Defaults in Online Search - American Economic Association
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Competition and Defaults in Online Search by Francesco Decarolis, Muxin Li and Filippo Paternollo. Published in volume 17, issue 3, pages 369-414 of American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, August 2025, Abstract: This paper offers the first systematic quantitative assessment of default-option inte...
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/smurfyjenkins on 2025-07-29 13:56:52+00:00.

Original Title: Google pays manufacturers handsomely to be the default search engine on devices. Policy interventions in different countries to prohibit Google from doing this and allow users to choose their own default search engine have effectively reduced Google’s market share.