This book addresses the gaps in undergraduate teaching of partial equilibrium analysis, providing a general equilibrium viewpoint to illustrate the assumptions underlying partial equilibrium welfare analysis. It remains unexplained, at least at the level of general economics teaching, in what...

Sebastian Meiswinkel studies optimization problems that arise at container ports from a classic optimization as well as from a mechanism design point of view. The first part of this dissertation is focused on scheduling problems with selfish job owners that have private information about their...

Emil Kraft analyses the French capacity remuneration mechanism design and develops a capacity market model that draws upon an agent-based simulation. The capacity mechanism was implemented to mitigate the imminent risk to the security of supply and to complement the electricity markets. The...

1. Introduction -- 2. Basics of Economic Theory of Contract -- 3. Economics of Damage Remedies I: Unilateral Reliance, One-Sided Information Asymmetry -- 4. Economics of Damage Remedies II: Bilateral Reliance, One-Sided Information Asymmetry -- 5. Economics of Damage Remedies III: Incentives...

Introduction by Eli M. Noam, Lorenzo Maria Pupillo, Johann J. Kranz -- Smart Metering, Smart Grids, Smart Market Design by Matthias Kurth -- Broadband ICT and Smart Grids: A Win-Win Approach by Stefano Nocentini, Roberto Gavazzi, Lorenzo Maria Pupillo -- Greener and Smarter: Information...

Das Eisenbahnrecht in seiner heutigen Ausprägung ist ein junges Rechtsgebiet, welches erst durch die zum 1. Januar 1994 in Kraft getretene Bahnreform entstanden ist. Ein zentrales Element dieser Reform ist die Öffnung des Eisenbahnsektors für Wettbewerb. Da die Errichtung eines neuen...

The subject of this book - whether or not to extend traditional telecommunications regulation to high-speed, or broadband, access to the Internet - is perhaps the most important issue facing the Federal Communications Commission. The issue is contentious, with academics and influential economic...

Medien oder Infrastruktur — Wer gewinnt den Kampf der Plattformen? -- Medien oder Infrastruktur — Wer gewinnt den Kampf der Plattformen? -- Tiefgreifende Veränderungen im Ecosystem der Telekommunikationsindustrie -- Tiefgreifende Veränderungen im Ecosystem der Telekommunikationsindustrie...

2008 wurde der Briefmarkt in Deutschland liberalisiert, dennoch unterliegen die Marktteilnehmer weiterhin sektorspezifischen Regulierungsvorgaben. Dazu gehört auch der Teilleistungszugang, welcher das etablierte Unternehmen Deutsche Post verpflichtet, Wettbewerbern einen Zugang zu seinem Netz...

Network problems are manifold and extremely complex. Many problems result from engineering details or mathematical difficulties, others are caused by disregarding economic principles and imperfections of markets. The text provides a fairly integrated approach of transportation related `network...