&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

broadband infrastructure in rural areas of Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid control by the European Commission … subsidies complied with EU state aid rules, both in terms of effectiveness and competition. …

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 ; specific investment ; suppliers ; car manufacturers ; German automotive industry …

, inequality is highly responsive to the increase in product market competition triggered by domestic regulatory reform. …

; competition …

competition. In this paper we provide the first empirical analysis of this relationship. We study Germany’s retail gasoline market … outcomes linked to competition. Because station-level adoption is endogenous, we use brand headquarter-level adoption decisions … increase by 28% in markets where both do. These results suggest that AI adoption has a significant effect on competition. …

quality - but also with more competition among suppliers. Both associations hold only for parts involving comparatively … relationships involving higher trust, buyers are able to induce higher investment and more intense competition among suppliers - but …

A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …