In this paper, we examine the inconclusive debate on regulatory competition in Europe. We demonstrate that the recent expansion in the EU company law has created archetypal underpinning for formation of regulatory competition: the ground-breaking "triptych" of the ECJ on Centros, Überseering,...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of the new Council Regulation (EC) 1/2003 which replaces the mandatory notification and authorization system by a legal exception system. Effectiveness is operationalized via the two subcriteria compliance to Art. 81 EC Treaty and the probabilities of...

This paper examines cartel overcharges for the European market. Using a sample of 191 overcharge estimates and several parametric and semi-parametric estimation procedures, the impact of different cartel characteristics and the market environment on the magnitude of overcharges is analyzed. The...

Das Sozialrecht in Deutschland gerät zunehmend unter den Einfluss europäischer Regelungen. In den nächsten Jahren sind für diesen Bereich eine fortschreitende Liberalisierung und große strukturelle Veränderungen zu erwarten. Bislang besitzt die EG/ EU für den Bereich des Sozialrechts...