This thesis covers several aspects of competition economics which are analyzed empirically or experimentally. It can be divided into two parts. Chapters 2 and 3 study how competition outcomes (in contests, respectively consumer markets) are affected by the design of the competitive environment....

Klappentext: Dieses Buch will provozieren: Gerade in Zeiten, in denen immer mehr nach dem Staat gerufen wird, muss daran erinnert werden, dass der Staat die Wirtschaft nicht ersetzen kann und nicht ersetzen darf. Der Fall Opel hat wieder einmal gezeigt, wie hilflos die Politik agiert, wenn sie...

This dissertation comprises four essays in Empirical Industrial Organization. The unifying element of the four papers is the use of modern empirical methods in policy evaluation as well as behavioral economics. Three of the four essays are pure industry case studies of the automobile as well as...