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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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Digitisation processes have – often through disruptive innovations – injected additional competition in many markets … valuable and (allegedly) also so powerful that competition authorities, legal scholars, economists and others social scientists … power in digital markets. A number of competition authority inquiries and reports and Government commissioned policy studies …
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The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we...
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Do the U.S. have a current account surplus or a deficit with the EU? Since 2009, official sources disagree: The U.S. Department of Commerce claims a consistent U.S. surplus while Eurostat reports the opposite. International transactions are notoriously difficult to measure accurately, but the...
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Do the U.S. have a current account surplus or a deficit with the EU? Since 2009, official sources disagree: The U.S. Department of Commerce claims a consistent U.S. surplus while Eurostat reports the opposite. International transactions are notoriously difficult to measure accurately, but the...
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While international trade can offer gains from specialization and access to a wider range of products, it is also closely interlinked with global environmental problems, above all, anthropogenic climate change. This survey provides a structured overview of the economic literature on the...
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[Weltkonjunktur auf Talfahrt] Die Phase starker Expansion der Weltwirtschaft ist im Jahr 2008 zu Ende gegangen. Die Zuspitzung der Finanzmarktkrise im September hat Schockwellen durch die Weltwirtschaft gesandt, und negative Rückkopplungseffekte haben zu einer ungewöhnlich starken...
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[Weltwirtschaft im Abschwung] Die Aussichten für die Weltkonjunktur haben sich in den vergangenen Monaten stark eingetrübt. Weltweit sind die Frühindikatoren auf Talfahrt. In einer Reihe von Industrieländern droht inzwischen sogar eine Rezession, und in vielen Schwellenländern deutet sich...
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[Weltwirtschaft im Abwärtsstrudel] Die Weltwirtschaft befindet sich im Winter 2008/09 auf einer konjunkturellen Talfahrt von historischer Dimension. Die Rezession hat inzwischen alle Regionen erfasst. Im Vergleich zum Vorjahr dürfte das Welt-BIP im ersten Quartal 2009 zum ersten Mal seit den...
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