subsidies complied with EU state aid rules, both in terms of effectiveness and competition. …

competition policy is likely to face more challenges as large companies are becoming more common in more and more industries. …

We examine the effect of inter-group competition on within-group violent conflict in Indonesia. Using a triple …-differences design, we find that higher competition between villages reduces within-village conflict. These effects persist regardless of … the competition's outcome, are stronger in ethnically fractionalized and segregated villages, and are accompanied by …

This paper reconsiders how labor market competition shapes skill development - integrating the perspectives of both …, we show that competition can instead serve as a catalyst for learning. It creates outside opportunities which incentivize … investments in competitive markets. Together, these results challenge the canonical view of competition as a source of market …

We analyze competition between data intermediaries collecting information on consumers, which they sell to firms for … price discrimination purposes. We show that competition between data intermediaries benefits consumers by increasing … competition between firms, and by reducing the amount of consumer data collected. We argue that merger policy guidelines should …

limitations of the available data, and the potential implications of common ownership for competition in Australia. …