Verwerfungen in Europa geführt. Zu instabil und komplex ist das international verwobene Finanzsystem, zu stark der finanzielle …

This paper analyses the institutional framework for pharmacies in Germany and competition in that sector, which is … characterized by significant competition deficits. Based on our diagnosis and findings the advantages and disadvantages of two …

: competition, business environment, learning spillovers and human capital. Collectively, these drivers account for about a third of …

This paper analyzes how competition works in mobile telecommuncations markets and, bases on this analysis, we discuss … understanding competition in mobile telephony, is the fact that building a mobile telephone network requires highly specific … interconnection and fixed-to-mobile termination may give rise to competition problems. As we argue in this paper, closer analysis …

This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that … they are disciplined by their smaller competitors' offerings. -- Wettbewerb ; Mobilfunk ; Telekommunikation ; kollektive …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million …-specific quotas following China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …