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. …

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. …

The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We …

In 2002, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) introduced a Notice on the Competitive Treatment of Vertical … Restraints in Automobile Trade (‘Car Notice’). The objective of the Car Notice has been to strengthen competition in the Swiss … car market, in particular by avoiding price-fixing practices and market foreclosure and stimulating intrabrand competition …

implications for the balancing of competition and cooperation in transatlantic airline markets. …

competition at the industry level of OECD countries. An instrumental variable approach, reveals a positive effect on industries …' competition intensity of leniency programs indicating effectiveness in cartel destabilization and effective deterrence. -- Cartel …

We study competition in markets with significant transport costs and capacity constraints. We compare the cases of … price competition and coordination in a theoretical model and find that when firms compete, they more often serve more …

We study competition in markets with significant transport costs and capacity constraints. We compare the cases of … price competition and coordination in a theoretical model and find that when firms compete, they more often serve more …

' entry decisions in the past. We find that instrumenting is particularly important for estimating the effect of competition …