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The draft for the 10th amendment of German competition law: towards a new concept of "Outstanding relevance across markets"?

Budzinski, Oliver; Gänßle, Sophia; Stöhr, Annika - 2020

The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next to extending the classic policy instruments of abuse...

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Are restrictions of competition by sports associations horizontal or vertical in nature?

Budzinski, Oliver; Szymanski, Stefan - 2014

In this paper, we discuss from an economic perspective two alternative views of restrictions of competition by sports associations. The horizontal approach views such restrictions as an agreement among the participants of a sports league with the sports association merely representing an...

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Exploitative abuse and abuse of economic dependence: what can we learn from the industrial organization approach?

Bougette, Patrice; Budzinski, Oliver; Marty, Frédéric - 2017

This article aims to provide a detailed analysis of the concept of economic dependence and exploitative abuse through their evolution in competition law and economics and in European case law. First, while the theoretical roots of these concepts may be found in economic theory, we show that the...

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Track access charges in the European Union railroad sector: a consideration of company organization and institutional quality

Schöne, Andreas; Kunz-Kaltenhäuser, Philipp - 2022

Track access charges are the main driver of infrastructure costs for rail operators in the rail transport sector, accounting for up to 88 percent of costs. This paper analyzes track access charges of 28 EU countries with the respective trajectories of the company forms employing panel...

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Unprofitable horizontal mergers, external effects, and welfare

Budzinski, Oliver; Kretschmer, Jürgen-Peter - 2015

Standard analysis of mergers in oligopolies along the lines of the popular Farrell-Shapiro-Framework (FSF) relies … mergers. If this assumption held, a positive external effect of a proposed merger would represent a sufficient condition to … allow the merger. However, the empirical picture on mergers and acquisitions reveals a significant share of unprofitable …

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The institutional framework for doing sports business: principles of EU competition policy in sports markets

Budzinski, Oliver - 2012

The competition rules and policy framework of the European Union represents an important institutional restriction for doing sports business. Driven by the courts, the 2007 overhaul of the approach and methodology has increased the scope of competition policy towards sports associations and...

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In the light of dynamic competition : should we make merger remedies more flexible?

Bougette, Patrice; Budzinski, Oliver; Marty, Frédéric - 2023

Mergers and acquisitions shape industry competition. Effective merger remedies are important for market efficiency and … consumer welfare. This paper explores the need for more flexible remedies to address changing markets after mergers. While the …

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Dynamic competition, exclusionary and exploitative abuses, and article 102 TFEU : towards a concept of systemic market power?

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2024

In this paper, we comment on the debate about guidelines for Art. 102 TFEU in the face of the challenges brought by digital ecosystems and abuse of dominance in related markets. We take the perspective of dynamic competition economics and derive four recommendations for the future enforcement of...

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