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The new institutional economics of antitrust and regulation

Bickenbach, Frank; Kumkar, Lars; Soltwedel, Rüdiger - 1999

Hybrid governance structures between markets and hierarchies in many industries, e.g., in energy and telecommunications, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focuses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New Institutional Economics (NIE) for analyzing the...

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Leniency and Damages

Marvão, Catarina; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; Buccirossi, Paolo - 2016

Modern antitrust engenders a possible conflict between public and private enforcement due to the central role of Leniency Programs. Damage actions may reduce the attractiveness of Leniency Programs for cartel participants if their cooperation with the competition authority increases the chance...

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Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy

Ganslandt, Mattias - 2007

Intellectual property rights and competition policy are intimately related. In this paper I survey the economic literature analyzing the interaction between intellectual property law and competition law and how the boundary between these two policies is drawn in practice. Recognizing that...

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Competition policy with optimally differentiated rules instead of per se rules vs. rule of reason

Christiansen, Arndt; Kerber, Wolfgang - 2006

Both in US antitrust and EU competition policy a development to a broader appli-cation of rule of reason instead of per se rules can be observed. In the European discussion the attempt to base competition policy on a more economic approach is mainly viewed as im-proving the economic analysis in...

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A nélkülözjetetlen eszközök értelmezése és a postai szolgáltatások

Valentiny, Pál; Kiss, Károly Miklós - 2009

The existence and the use of the essential facilities doctrine was questioned in theory and in practice. Although the doctrine was developed in antitrust, it became a frequently cited notion in the regulation of network utilities. Its relevance is hotly debated during the setup of the new...

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Competition policy reform in Europe and Germany - Institutional change in the light of digitization

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2018

The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...

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Wettbewerbsregeln für das Digitale Zeitalter - Die Ökonomik personalisierter Daten, Verbraucherschutz und die 9. GWB-Novelle

Budzinski, Oliver - 2017

Die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen stellt die Wettbewerbspolitik vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Um … Wirtschaftstheorie. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die 9. Novelle in einigen Bereichen eine Verbesserung der Wettbewerbspolitik in … Digitalisierungsprozesses skizziert, von denen zu erwarten ist, dass sie die Wettbewerbspolitik in den nächsten Jahren vor neue …

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Die Neue E.ON auf dem deutschen Strommarkt – Wettbewerbliche Auswirkungen der innogy-Übernahme

Stöhr, Annika; Budzinski, Oliver; Jasper, Jörg - In: List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik 45 (2020) 3, pp. 295-317

Der Deal der beiden größten deutschen Energielieferanten RWE und E.ON zum Tausch verschiedener Geschäftseinheiten, welcher Mitte September 2019 genehmigt wurde, wird den deutschen Energiemarkt wesentlich umstrukturieren und sowohl im Bereich Erzeugung als auch im Vertrieb zu jeweils einem...

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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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Mergers and rivals' mark-ups: Evidence from European paper manufacturers

Marinov, Rosen - 2007

This paper investigates the effect of merger-driven market concentration on the markups of non-merging rival firms in Europe's paper manufacturing industry. Using a representative data set of 400 independently-owned companies spanning a ten-year period, we aim to disentangle the impact of...

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