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Cartel overcharges and the deterrent effect of EU competition law

Smuda, Florian - 2012

This paper examines cartel overcharges for the European market. Using a sample of 191 overcharge estimates and several … parametric and semi-parametric estimation procedures, the impact of different cartel characteristics and the market environment ….37 percent of the selling price and the average cartel duration is 8.35 years. Certain cartel characteristics and the geographic …

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Collusion and Research Joint Ventures

Miyagiwa, Kaz - 2015

We examine whether cooperation in R&D leads to product market collusion. Suppose that firms engage in a stochastic R&D race while maintaining the collusive equilibrium in a repeated-game framework. Innovation under competitive R&D creates inter-firm asymmetries, which destabilizes the collusive...

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How Do Market Structures Affect Decisions on Vertical Integration/Separation?

Matsushima, Noriaki - 2010

We provide a simple model to investigate decisions on vertical integration/separation. The key feature of this model is that more than one input is required for the final products of the local downstream monopolists. Depending on their cost structure, downstream firms' decisions on vertical...

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The effect of regulatory scrutiny asymmetric cost pass-through in power wholesale and its end

Mokinski, Frieder; Wölfing, Nikolas - 2013

We find an asymmetric pass-through of European Emission Allowance (EUA) prices to wholesale electricity prices in Germany and show that this asymmetry has disappeared in response to a report on investigations by the competition authority. The asymmetric pricing pattern, however, was not detected...

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Beyond national economy-wide rebound effects : an applied general equilibrium analysis incorporating international spillover effects

Koesler, Simon; Swales, John Kim; Turner, Karen - 2014

This paper proposes that the national focus of energy ‘rebound’ studies should be extended to an international context in the presence of supra-national agreements such as EU 20-20-20. The potential for energy efficiency improvements in one nation to impact energy use in others means that...

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Competition, collusion and spatial sales patterns : theory and evidence

Hunold, Matthias; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich; … - 2017

on average significantly lower in cartel years than in non-cartel years. …

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Competition, collusion and spatial sales patterns : theory and evidence

Hunold, Matthias; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich; … - 2017 - This version: December 31, 2017

on average significantly lower in cartel years than in non-cartel years. …

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Giving away the game? : The impact of the disclosure effect on the patenting decision

Heger, Diana; Zaby, Alexandra K. - 2012

This article explores the propensity to patent in the light of the disclosure effect. Unlike earlier approaches concerned with the patenting decision, we take into account that a disclosure effect may decrease the merits of patenting by facilitating inventing around the patent for competitors....

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Ownership and control in a competitive industry

Karle, Heiko; Klein, Tobias J.; Stahl, Konrad - 2011

We study a differentiated product market in which an investor initially owns a controlling stake in one of two competing firms and may acquire a non-controlling or a controlling stake in a competitor, either directly using her own assets, or indirectly via the controlled firm. While industry...

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Strategic pricing, market entry and competition : evidence from German electricity submarkets

Nikogosian, Vigen; Veith, Tobias - 2011

In German electricity submarkets for residential customers standard contracts offered by former monopolists are the more costly option for customers who have not switched to an alternative contract yet. As most German households are served with this contract type we follow the Limit Pricing...

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