网络经济中反垄断法的定位:“放任”与“干预”的博弈

网络经济是21世纪创新性的经济形式，对国民经济影响巨大，被誉为国家经济的推进剂和国与国竞争的主战场。尽管存在“自然垄断说”的反垄断法豁免、网络经济中的垄断本身可能有利于消费者利益以及“竞争性垄断”是网络经济的固有特征等网络经济放任说的主张和理论，但网络经济竞争秩序的维护诉求通过反垄断法得以因应是网络经济发展的必然要求。网络经济存在的固有弊端、网络经营者对消费者自由选择权的实质限制以及网络安全对市场多样化的期待是反垄断法“干预”网络经济的重要考虑。

Position of Antitrust Law in Network Economy:Game between“Indulgence”and “Intervention”

The Internet Economy in the 21st century in the form of an innovative economy,which has a huge impact on the national economy,is known as the driving force of the country’s economy and thecompetitive battleground between countries.Despite the antitrustlaws exemption of “natural monopoly theory”,the network economy monopoly itself may favor the interests of consumers as well as “competitive monopoly”,which is an inherent feature of the network economy and other ideas and theories of “indulgence”of the network economy.The inherent drawbacks of the network economy, the physical constraints of freedom of choice for consumers by network operators and the expectationsof market diversifica-tion for network security are important consideration for the “intervention”by antitrust laws.