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 …

We investigate the impact of consumer search and competition on pricing strategies in Germany’s electricity retail. We … inverted U-shape effect of competition on price dispersion, consistent with theoretical findings by Janssen and Moraga …

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 … Germany, we provide empirical evidence in support of this result. Controlling for other potentially confounding factors, such …

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 … Germany, we provide empirical evidence in support of this result. Controlling for other potentially confounding factors, such …

oligopolistic competition with strategic interactions, the cost pass-through of domestic firms is restricted by strategic … die vorhandenen Daten für Deutschland es erlauben und betrachtet die Industriezweige Papier und Zellstoff, Chemie, Gummi …