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Cartel overcharges and the deterrent effect of EU competition law

Smuda, Florian - 2012

This paper examines cartel overcharges for the European market. Using a sample of 191 overcharge estimates and several … parametric and semi-parametric estimation procedures, the impact of different cartel characteristics and the market environment ….37 percent of the selling price and the average cartel duration is 8.35 years. Certain cartel characteristics and the geographic …

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The effect of regulatory scrutiny asymmetric cost pass-through in power wholesale and its end

Mokinski, Frieder; Wölfing, Nikolas - 2013

We find an asymmetric pass-through of European Emission Allowance (EUA) prices to wholesale electricity prices in Germany and show that this asymmetry has disappeared in response to a report on investigations by the competition authority. The asymmetric pricing pattern, however, was not detected...

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Beyond national economy-wide rebound effects : an applied general equilibrium analysis incorporating international spillover effects

Koesler, Simon; Swales, John Kim; Turner, Karen - 2014

This paper proposes that the national focus of energy ‘rebound’ studies should be extended to an international context in the presence of supra-national agreements such as EU 20-20-20. The potential for energy efficiency improvements in one nation to impact energy use in others means that...

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Competition, collusion and spatial sales patterns : theory and evidence

Hunold, Matthias; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich; … - 2017

on average significantly lower in cartel years than in non-cartel years. …

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Competition, collusion and spatial sales patterns : theory and evidence

Hunold, Matthias; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich; … - 2017 - This version: December 31, 2017

on average significantly lower in cartel years than in non-cartel years. …

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Pricing to market of German exporters : evidence from panel data

Falk, Martin; Falk, Rahel - 1998

This paper investigates price discrimination of German exporters across different foreign markets. We examine the degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model is estimated using panel data on export unit values. Parameter estimation relies on...

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R&D cooperation and R&D intensity : theory and micro-econometric evidence for german manufacturing industries

Kaiser, Ulrich; Licht, Georg - 1998

This paper develops a three stage oligopoly game for R&D cooperation, R&D expenditure and product market competition. In the first stage, firms decide whether or not to conduct R&D in cooperation with other firms. In the second stage the level of R&D investment is determined. Finally, firms...

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Market liberalization : price dispersion, price discrimination and consumer search in the German electricity markets

Gugler, Klaus; Heim, Sven; Janssen, Maarten C. W.; … - 2018

We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent providers can price discriminate between searching and...

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Environmental taxation and structural change in an open economy : a CGE analysis with imperfect competition and free entry

Böhringer, Christoph; Welsch, Heinz; Löschel, Andreas - 2001

The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number and size of firms. Whether economies of scale rise or fall in a particular industry...

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Non-sequential search, competition and price dispersion in retail electricity

Gugler, Klaus; Heim, Sven; Liebensteiner, Mario - 2016

We investigate the impact of consumer search and competition on pricing strategies in Germany’s electricity retail. We utilize a unique panel dataset on spatially varying search requests at major online price comparison websites to construct a direct measure of search intensity and combine...

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