Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (YARS®) is a double peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal focusing on legal, economic and management issues of antitrust and pro-competitive regulation. YARS has been edited by the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS) and published by the University of Warsaw since 2008.
The journal does not publish sponsored issues, supplements or conference issues, nor does it have non-peer-reviewed sections. YARS also does not publish advertisements or use direct marketing tools.
YARS® (ISSN 1689-9024) is available both in printed and electronic form. The publication is free of charge. All articles are published on an open-access basis and under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Authors who publish with this journal retain all copyrights and agree to the terms of the above-mentioned licence.
YARS® is included in the list of scientific journals of the Polish Minister of Education and Science (with 40 points), is indexed in SCOPUS, HeinOnline, DOAJ, ERIHPLUS, CEJSH, and was awarded ‘Class A’ status by the Italian research agency ANVUR.
Current Issue: Volume 18, Issue 32 (2025)
Contents and Editorial Foreword
[Preprint] AI and Emerging Technologies: a Path to Sustainability? Navigating Legal and Regulatory Challenges
Magdalena Porzeżyńska and Marek Porzeżyński
Articles
[Preprint] Turkey’s Recent E-Commerce Amendments: A Critical Comparison With the EU Digital Markets Act
Kaan Kocabas and Jurgita Malinauskaite
Institutional Sustainability in AI Governance: Comparing Paths in the EU, Japan, and Taiwan
Kuan-Wei Chen
[Preprint] Assessing Standardisation Initiatives From the European Data Strategy’s Perspective: A Systematic Review
Nicola M.F. Faraone
Case Law Reviews
[Preprint] Excessive Data collection in an Ecosystem as an Exploitative and Exclusionary abuse A critical analysis of the CCI’s order against WhatsApp’s privacy policy and its impact on the digital advertising market
Reuben Philip Abraham Mr.
[Preprint] The 'Pay-or-Consent' Model and Competition Policy: A Case Comment on the European Commission’s Decision Against Meta Under the Digital Markets Act
Arletta M. Gorecka
[Preprint] When Environmental Provisions Acquire Primacy Over the Economic Interests – Case Comment of the Preliminary Ruling in Case C-626/22 C.Z. and Others v Ilva
Katarzyna Błaszczak and Michał Krzaczek
Conference Reports
Workshop Report: Shaping Academic Teaching at the Crossroads of Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
Julia Braniewska and Bartłomiej Skowron
