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 …

This paper investigates how competition and firm size affect the relationship between market uncertainty and R …

also use a stylised model of an electronic communications market to draw some central lessons from economic theory and to …

electricity companies and transnational competition, Chile and Brazil have only partially liberalized their electricity sector …

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