Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 28
Cover Image
Mobile network interconnection and investments
Veith, Tobias - 2009
Abstract In markets with competing interconnected networks like mobile telecommunication markets investments affect the investor’s and also any competitors’ profits. In a theoretical model it is shown that cost-reducing investments reduce the investor’s termination rates and increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902948
Cover Image
European telecommunication regulation : effects on telecommunication providers
Veith, Tobias - 2010
analysis. These findings show that European Commission interventions are competition enhancing and support the expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701352
Cover Image
Supply and demand for telecommunication infrastructure
Veith, Tobias - 2010
to initiate adequate investment incentives. Using a two-equation estimation approach, a direct competition effect (more … service competition increases the supply of infrastructure) can be disentangled from an indirect effect (more service … competition increases the demand for infrastructure quality and, as a consequence, increases the supply of infrastructure). While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701353
Cover Image
Firm heterogeneity and wages under different bargaining regimes : does a centralised union care for low-productivity firms?
Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2009
This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805643
Cover Image
Wage insurance within German firms : do institutions matter?
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009
Using a large linked employer-employee data set, this paper studies the extent to which employers insure workers against transitory and permanent firm-level shocks. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the amount of wage insurance depends on the nature of industrial relations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873008
Cover Image
Der Einfluss öffentlichen Eigentums auf die Preissetzung in deutschen Haushaltsstrommärkten
Nikogosian, Vigen; Veith, Tobias - 2010
In der aktuellen Debatte zur Rekommunalisierung von Stromanbietern wird häufig das Argument der sicheren Versorgung zu niedrigen Preisen von Vertretern öffentlicher Eigentümer angeführt. Während die sichere Belieferung mit Strom im Rahmen der Grundversorgung gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ist,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702243
Cover Image
Rent-sharing and collective bargaining coverage : evidence from linked employer-employee data
Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2006 - Rev. version
Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003671072
Cover Image
Should low-wage workers care about where they work? : assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008652553
Cover Image
Estimating damages from price-fixing : the value of transaction data
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Veith, Tobias - 2012
We use a unique private data set of about 340,000 invoice positions from 36 smaller and larger customers of German cement producers to study the value of such transaction data for an estimation of cartel damages. In particular, we investigate, first, how structural break analysis can be used to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009550259
Cover Image
Concrete shoes for competition : the effect of the German cement cartel on market price
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Veith, Tobias - 2012
We use publicly available price data from the German cement industry to estimate the cartelinduced price increase. We apply two different comparator-based approaches – the ‘before and-after’ approach and the ‘difference-in-differences’ approach – and especially study the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009550272