This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it,...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Technology Standards and Competition in the Mobile Industry by Kirti Gupta -- Chapter 3. Standard Setting Organizations and Competition Laws: Lessons and Suggestions from the United States by Donald E. Knebel -- Chapter 4. FRAND Commitments and Royalties for...

Die Subprime-Krise am US-amerikanischen Markt für verbriefte zweitrangige Hypothekenforderungen hat verdeutlicht, dass verschiedene Friktionen in der Wertschöpfungskette von Verbriefungen bestehen. Julia Scholz untersucht verschiedene, bislang in der Literatur wenig beachtete, aber für die...

The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...

This book deals with anti-dumping measures (AD) and investigates two questions: First, what country characteristics affect AD use and notably, do domestic political institutions have an effect? Second, (how) is the decision to impose a new AD measure affected by anticipation of trading...

This collection deals with some interesting economic questions related to construction and real estate, namely how construction firms cope with the volatility of construction; whether speculative bubbles or market fundamentals drive those fluctuations; new techniques to predict construction...