This paper analyses the institutional framework for pharmacies in Germany and competition in that sector, which is … characterized by significant competition deficits. Based on our diagnosis and findings the advantages and disadvantages of two …

Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not … compensating differentials will increase both efficiency and fairness, quite in line with the classical position taken by Adam …

This paper investigates to which extent tough competition impacts on the macroeconomic performance of countries. The … relation between competition and innovation has been investigated intensely in industrial economics. It started with Schumpeter … highest for medium-range competition, but lower for very tough competition as well as for a very lax competitive regime …

, and international trade also raise firm efficiency in the industry. Results strongly confirm that market competition …The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … longitudinal data set on all manufacturing firms in Slovenia over the period 1994-2001, this study analyzes how firm efficiency …

cost savings. We suggest a united approach to measure competition and efficiency simultaneously to test this hypothesis. We … estimate bank-specific Lerner indices as measures of competition and test if cost and profit efficiency are negatively related …

efficiency comparisons across different samples. We use a latent class stochastic frontier model to estimate simultaneously … specific cost parameters to measure competition with Lerner indices. Large, national universal banks and the smallest, most … specialized banks exhibit the lowest level of competition. In turn, medium sized universal banks are both efficient and exhibit …

In diesem Papier geben wir einen Überblick über den Wettbewerb und die Effizienz im deutschen Bankensektor. Wir nehmen … scheinen Wettbewerb und Effizienz positiv miteinander verbunden. Des weiteren bestanden deutliche Unterschiede zwischen großen … möglichen Folgen für Wettbewerb und Effizienz. …