This paper investigates how competition and firm size affect the relationship between market uncertainty and Ramp …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry …

We provide an empirical assessment of the German interurban bus industry two years after its deregulation in January …

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

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

The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We …

contributes to the firm’s decision to set up manufacturing capacities for new products abroad. The competition in the home market … motivate firms to innovate in medium knowledge countries while price competition fosters innovation activities in advanced … firms to innovate abroad and not being forced predominantly by fierce competition or the lack of innovation resources in the …

Theory predicts a positive relationship between market concentration and profitability in most scenarios. In empirical … price competition is highly significant in explaining profit levels, while none of the concentration indices performs well …

We study the labor market outcomes of a deregulation reform in Germany that removed licensing requirements to become …