While price-fixing cartel prosecutions have received significant attention, the policy determinants and the political preferences that guide such antitrust prosecutions remain understudied. We empirically examine the intertemporal shifts in U.S. antitrust cartel prosecutions during the period...

There is growing worldwide concern about bias in the enforcement of competition law in favour of domestic firms. Even seemingly neutral antitrust laws can lead discrimination if they are enforced selectively. Authors investigate the distortions that national competition authorities generate when...

Die vorliegende Arbeit will einen ökonomischen Beitrag zur Diskussion über die Zugangsgewährung zu monopolistischen Engpaßeinrichtungen und die damit verbundene Öffnung von angrenzenden Märkten für Wettbewerb leisten, die bislang vornehmlich juristisch geprägt ist. Ziel der Arbeit ist...

There are many industries in which potentially competitive segments require services provided by natural monopoly bottlenecks (essential facilities). Since it is difficult to regulate these facilities, developing countries are using Demsetz auctions, where the facility is awarded to the firm...