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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 …
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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. …
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We provide an empirical assessment of the German interurban bus industry two years after its deregulation in January 2013. In addition to a general description of key developments of the industry, we use a unique route-level price data set to study both competitive interaction in general and the...
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monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Following the ambiguous results in the literature aimed at understanding the empirical link between fiscal federalism and economic growth, this paper revisits the question using a Bayesian Model Averaging approach. The analysis suggests that the failure to appropriately account for model...
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While liberalization in energy markets has been a widely successful process all over the world, incumbents often still hold a dominant position. Thus, electricity wholesale markets are subject to market surveillance. Nevertheless, consolidated findings on abusive practices of market power and...
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national implementation. While the Second Regulatory Package balanced competition and investment aims, the new Regulatory … ; local loop competition ; regulatory independence …
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We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid program for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German State of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have – depending on broadband quality...
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