Spatial Econometrics is a rapidly evolving field born from the joint efforts of economists, statisticians, econometricians and regional scientists. The book provides the reader with a broad view of the topic by including both methodological and application papers. Indeed the application papers...

This paper analyzes the compatibility decision of a dominant hardware supplier. There are two substitutive variants of the hardware component of a hardware-software system, they are horizontally differentiated, and one of the two has a quality advantage. Among other things, we show under what...

This paper models the competition of user networks as a continuous-time Markov process. It presents a dynamic version of the Discrete Choice Analysis with state-dependent choice probabilities. Among other things, we show that the network competition can be characterized by the coexistence of...

Knappheit, Kosten und Arbeitsteilung: das Allokationsproblem -- Bestimmungsgründe des Marktangebots -- Bestimmungsgründe der Marktnachfrage -- Das Marktgleichgewicht -- Märkte für Produktionsfaktoren -- Marktmacht und externe Effekte -- Die Rolle des Staates in der Marktwirtschaft --...

This Third Edition updates the "Solutions Manual for Econometrics" to match the Fifth Edition of the Econometrics textbook. It adds problems and solutions using latest software versions of Stata and EViews. Special features include empirical examples using EViews and Stata. The book offers...

1. Marktökonomische Grundlagen.- 2. Kartelle und Fusionen.- 3. Wettbewerbsrechtlicher Rahmen -- 4. Differenzierung und Innovation -- 5. Designwettbewerb -- 6. Qualitätswettbewerb und Produktinnovation -- 7. Patentrennen und Patentschutz -- 8. Prozessinnovationswettbewerb.