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Critical loss analysis in market definition and merger control

Hüschelrath, Kai - 2009

. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between antitrust experts as well as an …

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Bank mergers in the financial crisis: A competition policy perspective

Hellwig, Michael; Laser, Falk Hendrik - 2019

We analyze a large merger in the Dutch banking market during the financial crisis using disaggregated data. Based on a merger simulation model, we evaluate merger-induced changes in the interest rates for savings accounts. We find that the merging banks decreased interest rates by 3 to 5 percent...

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Critical loss analysis in market definition and merger control

Hüschelrath, Kai - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between antitrust experts as well as an …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474669

Detection of Anticompetitive Horizontal Mergers

Hüschelrath, Kai - 2008

The paper develops a four-step framework to detect anticompetitive horizontal mergers. In the first step, an estimate of the impact of the merger on the market price needs to be derived. Subsequent, the second step of the framework has to assess whether such a predicted price increase would be...

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Is it Worth all the Trouble? The Costs and Benefits of Antitrust Enforcement

Hüschelrath, Kai - 2008

The paper aims at assessing the costs and benefits of antitrust enforcement. The analysis starts with an investigation … competition actually needs protection by antitrust policy in order to hinder firms to permanently abuse market power to the … detriment of consumers. Subsequently, an estimation of the costs and benefits of antitrust enforcement is undertaken for the …

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Methodologische Grundlagen einer Evaluation von Wettbewerbspolitik

Hüschelrath, Kai - 2009

Im Jahre 2005 fand im Rahmen eines OECD Policy Roundtables ein intensiver Meinungsaustausch der Mitgliedsstaaten zu dem Thema 'Evaluation of the Actions and Resources of the Competition Authorities' statt. Eine wesentliche Erkenntnis der Gespräche bestand in der Feststellung, dass...

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Low cost carriers and the evolution of the US airline industry

Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin - 2011

The article studies the evolution of the U.S airline industry from 1995 to 2009 using T-100 traffic data and DB1B fare data from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Based on a differentiation in market size and major players, entry and exit, concentration, fares, service, costs and profits,...

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Patterns and effects of entry in US airline markets

Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin - 2011

We use T-100 traffic data and DB1B fare data from the U.S. Department of Transportation to identify patterns and effects of entry by network carriers and low-cost carriers in non-stop U.S. airline markets. For the sample period from 1996 to 2009, we find that entry activity of low-cost carriers...

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Suchmaschinen unter der Lupe: Informationsherrschaft und ihre Schranken

Peitz, Martin; Schweitzer, Heike - 2016

Suchmaschinen ermöglichen Nutzern einen schnellen Zugang zu Informationen, die sie konkret suchen oder die sie durch die Suchmaschine entdecken. Sie haben sich zu wichtigen Informationsintermediären entwickelt. Aufgrund ihrer zentralen Rolle in der Informationsvermittlung und der...

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Markups for consumers

Ganglmair, Bernhard; Kann, Alexander; Tsanko, Ilona - 2020

A central motivating factor for studying price markups is their effect on consumer welfare. Reported estimates of (firm-level) price markups in the literature, however, are often focused on industry or cross-country comparisons. These treat different industries equally rather than based on how...

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