We present a fairly general model in which firms are competitors in a commercial market segment and can invest into a complementary public good like open source software. We show that, contrary to standard predictions, additional contribution to the public good by the government or a new market...

We consider separately strategic entry and asymmetric information in the design of the settlement policy governing patent disputes, with a focus on <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="AHS013C17">Shapiro's (2003)</xref> consumer protection rule. We show that, when a potential entrant strategically incurs an entry cost before engaging in a patent...

Part I: Intangibles in the World of Transfer Pricing -- Definition and identification of Intangibles -- Allocation of IP for TP Purposes -- Overview of IP Migration Models -- Empirical Evidence on Various Models -- What’s Different? – Intangibles in the Mid-Market -- Understanding the...

Verrechnungspreise bei Umstrukturierungen -- Betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen zu Umstrukturierungen -- Gesellschaftsrechtliche Grundlagen einer Umstrukturierung -- Steuerrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen von Funktionsverlagerungen -- Business Restructurings aus Perspektive der OECD und aktuelle...

Antitrust scholars have argued that exclusive contracts have anticompetitive, or at best neutral effects, if no efficiencies are generated. In contrast, this paper shows that exclusive contracts can have procompetitive effects, provided buyers are imperfect downstream competitors and contract...

Two-sided market models in which platforms compete in two-part tariffs, i.e., a subscription and a per-transaction fee, are often plagued by a continuum of equilibria. This paper incorporates heterogeneous trading behavior of agents into the existing framework. We show that this natural and...

This paper analyzes a two-sided market model in which platforms compete for advertisers and users. Platforms are differentiated from the users' perspective but are homogenous for advertisers. I show that, although there is Bertrand competition for advertisers, platforms obtain positive margins...

type="main" <p>We analyze the competitive effects of backward vertical integration when firms exert market power upstream and compete in quantities downstream. Contrasting with previous literature, a small degree of vertical integration is always procompetitive because efficiency gains dominate...</p>