This paper analyses the benefits of further market integration of European wholesale electricity markets. Major gains from trade are still left unrealized due to (1) uncompleted market coupling of national wholesale markets, (2) isolated national regulation of capacity and reserve mechanisms...

This paper analyses the benefits of further market integration of European wholesale electricity markets. Major gains from trade are still left unrealized due to (1) uncompleted market coupling of national wholesale markets, (2) isolated national regulation of capacity and reserve mechanisms...

Im Rahmen der Sektoruntersuchung des Großhandelsmarktes für Strom hat das Bundeskartellamt 2011 die Auffassung dargelegt, dass marktbeherrschende Unternehmen keine Preisgebote oberhalb der Grenzkosten abgeben dürfen. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Auswirkungen einer solchen...

This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that T-Mobile and Vodafone possess a position of collective dominance. Allegedly, their position of joint dominance is secured through a combination of first-mover advantages and...

This paper estimates demand elasticities for the Turkish mobile telecommunication market. In contrast to most other studies, firm level data is used to estimate dynamic panel data models including instrumental variable techniques. Both short- and long-run elasticities are calculated, yielding a...

This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that T-Mobile and Vodafone possess a position of collective dominance. Allegedly, their position of joint dominance is secured through a combination of first-mover advantages and...

This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that T-Mobile and Vodafone possess a position of collective dominance. Allegedly, their position of joint dominance is secured through a combination of first-mover advantages and...