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 …

deregulation in January 2013. Using a comprehensive data set of all firm and route entries and exits, we find that the industry … monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … spatial perspective, three years after deregulation, the entire interurban bus network connects 60 percent of all 644 larger …

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

electricity companies and transnational competition, Chile and Brazil have only partially liberalized their electricity sector …

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

market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts … positive effect on R&D efforts both under research joint venture and under research competition. Firms' propensity to …

their investments. Competition is, however, not localized within a market segment and the class of new or old models, i …