Im September 2011 hat das Bundeskartellamt eine Sektoruntersuchung des Lebensmitteleinzelhandels nach §32 e GWB eingeleitet. Im Fokus der Untersuchung sollten "die Wettbewerbsbedingungen auf den Märkten für die Beschaffung von Nahrungs- und Genussmitteln durch die Unternehmen des...

This thesis covers several aspects of competition economics which are analyzed empirically or experimentally. It can be divided into two parts. Chapters 2 and 3 study how competition outcomes (in contests, respectively consumer markets) are affected by the design of the competitive environment....

This dissertation comprises four essays in Empirical Industrial Organization. The unifying element of the four papers is the use of modern empirical methods in policy evaluation as well as behavioral economics. Three of the four essays are pure industry case studies of the automobile as well as...