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Estimating consumer damages in cartel cases
Laitenberger, Ulrich; Smuda, Florian - 2013
We use consumer panel data to calculate the damage suffered by German consumers due to a detergent cartel that was active between 2002 and 2005 in eight European countries. Applying before-and-after and difference-in-differences estimations we find average overcharges between 6.7 and 6.9 percent...
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The distribution of material footprints in Germany
Pothen, Frank; Tovar Reaños, Miguel Angel - 2018
Germany. Material footprints are defined as the amount of biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels extracted to produce the goods …
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Market liberalization : price dispersion, price discrimination and consumer search in the German electricity markets
Gugler, Klaus; Heim, Sven; Janssen, Maarten C. W.; … - 2018
We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent providers can price discriminate between searching and...
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Impact of service station networks on purchase decisions of alternative-fuel vehicles
Achtnicht, Martin (contributor); Bühler, Georg (contributor) - 2008
conducted as a CAPI survey with about 600 interviews of potential car buyers in Germany and estimate the coefficients of a …
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Forecasting adoption of ultra-low-emission vehicles using the GHK simulator and Bayes estimates of a multinomial probit model
Daziano, Ricardo A.; Achtnicht, Martin - 2012
stated-preference data on vehicle choice from a Germany-wide survey of potential light-duty-vehicle buyers using computer … representing an average of the current vehicle choice situation in Germany. Consumer response to qualitative changes in the base …
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Impact of service station networks on purchase decisions of alternative-fuel vehicles
Achtnicht, Martin; Bühler, Georg; Hermeling, Claudia - 2012 - Rev. version
survey of some 600 potential car buyers in Germany. The survey was conducted as a computer-assisted personal interview and …
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Does mandatory labeling of genetically modified food grant consumers the right to know? : evidence from an economic experiment
Dannenberg, Astrid (contributor); Scatasta, Sara (contributor) - 2008
experimental auctions conducted with a sample of the resident population of Mannheim, Germany, we show that the quality of the …
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There's no place like home : a strategic framework to overcome liability of foreignness in the German car market
Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); Zimmermann, Jörg (contributor) - 2005
Germany through firm-specific advantages. Still, some face significant challenges. A submarket analysis shows that home market … advantages are more deeply rooted in the Western part of Germany and that foreign competitors find a more accessible competitive … environment in Eastern Germany. Therefore, East Germany is a superior platform for deploying effective and efficient …
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The pulse of liability of foreignness : dynamic legitimacy and experiences effects in the German car market
Kaiser, Ulrich (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
Globalization has provided many companies with new opportunities for growth and efficiency. This requires them to operate successfully across cultural and social borders. These can be stumbling blocks to internationalization and have been found to cause frequent errors and delays for...
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Rockets and feathers: asymmetric pricing and consumer search : evidence from electricity retailing
Heim, Sven - 2019 - This version: March 13, 2019
In many markets prices react stronger to rising than to falling costs. This asymmetric cost pass-through is still not fully understood, but recent theories suggest that asymmetric adjustments of consumers' search efforts to rising and to falling prices may help to explain this. I use novel panel...
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