Seit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung vor 30 Jahren sind für den sogenannten Aufbau Ost nach Schätzungen mehr als zwei Billionen Euro aufgewendet worden. Dennoch unterscheidet sich der Osten Deutschlands in vielen Merkmalen noch immer vom Westen. Regionale ökonomische Unterschiede als Beleg...

This paper analyses the extent of inter-format retail competition between supermarkets, discounters and drugstores in Germany, using data from the German market for diapers. We estimate a random coefficient logit model at the individual household level. Based on consumer substitution patterns,...

Research on bargaining power in vertical relationships is scarce. It remains particularly unclear which factors drive bargaining power between negotiating parties in a vertical structure. We use a demand model where consumer demand determines the total pie of industry profits. Moreover, we apply...

Seit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung vor 30 Jahren sind für den sogenannten Aufbau Ost nach Schätzungen mehr als zwei Billionen Euro aufgewendet worden. Dennoch unterscheidet sich der Osten Deutschlands in vielen Merkmalen noch immer vom Westen. Regionale ökonomische Unterschiede als Beleg...

Many cartels are formed by individual managers of different firms, but not by firms as collectives. However, most of the literature in industrial economics neglects individuals' incentives to form cartels. Although oligopoly experiments reveal important insights on individuals acting as firms,...

Traditional economic theory of collusion assumed that cartels are inherently unstable, and yet some manage to operate for years or even decades. While the literature has presented several determinants of cartel stability, the vast majority focuses on firms as entities, even though cartels are...

We analyze how network regulation affects investment into network infrastructure and complementary services. While regulation negatively affcets investment incentives in the regulated network market, the effects of network regulation on investment in complementary services can be either negative...