This thesis contains three distinct, single-authored papers that are all related to the field of industrial organization. Chapter 2 proposes an empirical framework that allows to estimate the degree of industry competition and the degree of horizontal integration of merging firms. Thus, this...

The objective of this note is to revisit the meaningfulness of the Condorcet Jury Theorem (CJT) and apply it to the recent debate on liberal paternalism and consumer protection. The CJT con-sists of two parts, (a) stating that a jury of experts is always more competent than a single expert given...