competition and the group effect support the profits of firms with a high ethical code. Paradoxically, a strong group identity …

This paper sheds light on an empirical controversy about the effect of competition on price discrimination. We … shows that whether competition has a positive or negative effect on price dispersion depends on the level of demand …

that supranational competition can have very different consequences on the rent seeking behaviour of firms, depending on …

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …

competition. In this paper we provide the first empirical analysis of this relationship. We study Germany's retail gasoline market … on outcomes linked to competition. Because station-level adoption is endogenous, we use brand headquarter-level adoption … competition …

publications in Wiley and Springer Nature journals at the cost of other journals. From that two related competition concerns emerge …