market regulation have motivated this quality improvement. In particular we show that this rise in quality is only pro table …

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 …

policies and competition controlling for relevant supply and demand side factors. Our econometric model employs dynamic panel … impact on investment in new infrastructure. Furthermore, infrastructure-based competition from mobile operators and the …

in order to mitigate competition or offer a higher quality in order to restrict the entrant's geographical coverage. …

Regulierung auf Substitut-OTT-Dienste als auch durch eine Rückführung der bestehenden Regulierung für alle Dienste herbeizuführen … im Sinne einer Zwangsläufigkeit zur vollständigen Aufhebung der sektorspezifischen Regulierung beantwortet werden ... …

regulatory holidays or geographically differentiated regulations, ii) deregulatory approaches based on effective competition law … of access regulations exist, whereas only a much smaller branch of literature addresses the impact of competition … in grey areas, if there is sufficient pressure from competitive outside options and if competition law is strong. Finally …

electricity companies and transnational competition, Chile and Brazil have only partially liberalized their electricity sector …, enacting regulation to ensure household consumer protection and security of supply. …