The present chapter investigates the antitrust rules applicable to loyalty or fidelity rebate schemes under EU …

should have instead focused on the fact that changes to the bundled rebate programs served to increase rather than decrease …

products and frequently use multiple or exclusive rebate contracts to exercise market power. Based on a Hotelling model of … horizontal and vertical product differentiation, we examine the controversy whether there exists a superior rebate scheme as far … differentiation, we find that firms clearly prefer multiple over exclusive rebate contracts. Contrary, there exists no rebate form …

deals with rebate contracts in the health care sector. The aim of this thesis is to analyze different forms and aspects of … rebate contracts. We answer the question, are rebate contracts in general appropriate methods to decrease total expenditures …, both in a static and a dynamic analysis. Additionally, we present the effects of different rebate contract forms on firms …

Background: The AMNOG regulation, introduced in 2011 in Germany, changed the game for new drugs. Now, the industry is …

, I exploit a policy reform in Germany in 2010 that increased the manufacturer rebate by 10 percentage points. Using a …In this paper, I study the effect of a change in the mandatory manufacturer rebate on wholesale prices for … pharmaceuticals on competition by parallel imports. First, I analyze the effect of a manufacturer rebate on competition by parallel …