This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first discuss the most crucial features of digital markets such as network effects, multi-sidedness, big data, and rapid innovation that create important challenges for competition...

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first discuss the most crucial features of digital markets such as network effects, multi-sidedness, big data, and rapid innovation that create important challenges for competition...

The estimation of the costs of conflict is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature. This paper aims to give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict costs and second by looking at the existing body of...

Ein zuträglicher institutioneller Rahmen und der Verzicht auf politische Eingriffe gelten vielfach als einzige Voraussetzung für marktwirtschaftliches Wachstum. Demgegenüber zeigen die Beiträge dieses Bandes, dass funktionierende Märkte nicht nur institutionell eingebettet sein müssen,...