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Suchmaschinen unter der Lupe: Informationsherrschaft und ihre Schranken

Peitz, Martin; Schweitzer, Heike - 2016

Suchmaschinen ermöglichen Nutzern einen schnellen Zugang zu Informationen, die sie konkret suchen oder die sie durch die Suchmaschine entdecken. Sie haben sich zu wichtigen Informationsintermediären entwickelt. Aufgrund ihrer zentralen Rolle in der Informationsvermittlung und der...

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Critical loss analysis in market definition and merger control

Hüschelrath, Kai - 2009

. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between antitrust experts as well as an …

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Bank mergers in the financial crisis: A competition policy perspective

Hellwig, Michael; Laser, Falk Hendrik - 2019

We analyze a large merger in the Dutch banking market during the financial crisis using disaggregated data. Based on a merger simulation model, we evaluate merger-induced changes in the interest rates for savings accounts. We find that the merging banks decreased interest rates by 3 to 5 percent...

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Critical loss analysis in market definition and merger control

Hüschelrath, Kai - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between antitrust experts as well as an …

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Legal and illegal cartels in the European cement industry

Fink, Nikolaus; Frübing, Stefan - 2015

Due to being much better documented, legal cartels have recently attracted the interest of many researchers who aim to … understand the functioning of illegal cartels in detail. This paper contributes to the question of what we can learn from legal … cartels by taking a closer look at the cement industry which has a rich history of both legal and illegal cartels. We …

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Registered cartels in Austria: An overview

Fink, Nikolaus; Schmidt-Dengler, Philipp; Stahl, Konrad; … - 2015

contracts, we comprehensively document different collusion methods along the lines described by Stigler (1964). Quota cartels …Cartels were legal to a large extent in Austria until the country's EU Accession in 1995. We examine archival material … on registered horizontal cartels to learn about their inner working. Applying content analysis to legally binding cartel …

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Cartel cases and the cartel enforcement process in the European Union 2001-2015: A quantitative assessment

Hellwig, Michael; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2016

We provide a comprehensive quantitative assessment of cartels and the related cartel enforcement process in the …

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Backwards integration and strategic delegation

Hunold, Matthias; Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Stahl, Konrad - 2012

We analyze the effects of downstream firms' acquisition of pure cash flow rights in an efficient upstream supplier when all firms compete in prices. With an acquisition, downstream firms internalize the effects of their actions on their rivals' sales. Double marginalization is enhanced. Whereas...

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Forward integration and market entry: Evidence from natural gas markets for household customers in Germany

Nikogosian, Vigen; Weigand, Jürgen - 2012

Due to potential abuse of the market power at wholesale and retail market level for natural gas the Federal Cartel Office in Germany prohibited further forward integration of gas importing firms with retail incumbents from 2005/2006 to 2010. The Authority argued that the very few dominant gas...

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The value of bluer skies: How much do consumers gain from entry by JetBlue Airways in long-haul US Airline Markets?

Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin - 2012

The paper estimates the effects of entry by low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways in long-haul domestic U.S. airline markets. For the period from 2000 to 2009, we find that non-stop fares were on average about 21 percent lower post-entry; however, the magnitude of the price effect depends on the...

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