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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...
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competition issues at the infrastructure level, namely margin or price squeezing of incumbent operators vis-à-vis new ISPs and …
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MRP prices leading to substantial cost savings for the transmission system operators. -- Competition ; Frequency Control …
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This paper analyses the extent of inter-format retail competition between supermarkets, discounters and drugstores in … finding contrasts with recent speculations by competition authorities that private label products may belong to a different …
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This paper discusses the general characteristics of online markets from a competition theory perspective and the … implications for competition policy. Three important Internet markets are analyzed in more detail: search engines, online auction … platforms, and social networks. Given the high level of market concentration and the development of competition over time, we …
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competition policy before we comment extensively on the more economic approach to state aid control, as implemented by the …
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This paper analyses the benefits of further market integration of European wholesale electricity markets. Major gains from trade are sill left unrealized due to (1) uncomplete market coupling of national wholesale markets, (2) isolated national regulation of capacity and reserve mechanisms (CRM)...
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The question how mergers affect innovation has gained prominence in a number of recent merger cases. Accounting for the likely effects of mergers on innovation is difficult for a number of reasons though. First of all, the relationship between market concentration and innovation is far from...
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We investigate the effect of an EU-wide consumer protection regulation on consumer trust as well as consumer behavior. The Unfair Commercial Practice Directive (UCPD) was implemented by EU member states between 2007 and 2010. We utilize data from the Special and Flash Eurobarometer for the years...
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