Die langfristige Entwicklung von Marktmacht und Konzentration der Unternehmen stößt international auf große Aufmerksamkeit. Grund hierfür sind aktuelle empirische Forschungsarbeiten, die insbesondere für die USA, aber auch für andere Länder, eine sektorübergreifende Zunahme von...

This is the first study of the link between internationalization and firm survival during the 2008/2009 crisis in Germany, a country which was hit relatively lightly compared to other countries. Moreover, it is the first study which looks at the role of importing, exporting and FDI...

Die Monopolkommission kommt in ihrem aktuellen Gutachten zu dem Ergebnis, dass indirekte Horizontalverflechtungen zwischen Unternehmen desselben Marktes über institutionelle Investoren ein wettbewerbsverzerrendes Potenzial bilden. Durch Minderheitsbeteiligungen institutioneller Anleger an...

This paper presents an analysis of the recent developments of average market power in Europe by using a broad firm-level database for EU member states. To indicate competitive pressure at the firm-level, markups are estimated following De Loecker (2011), and De Loecker and Warzynski (2012). The...

This paper presents an analysis of the recent developments of average market power in Europe by using a broad firm-level database for EU member states. To indicate competitive pressure at the firm-level, markups are estimated following De Loecker (2011), and De Loecker and Warzynski (2012). The...

We use the World Bank enterprise survey for the Egyptian manufacturing sector to study the correlation between the ownership structure (private vs. public, Egyptian vs. Arab foreign vs. non-Arab foreign) and firm performance, which we measure as sales per worker, capacity utilization, and net...