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The dynamic relationship between investments in brand equity and firm profitability : evidence using trademark registrations
Crass, Dirk; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Toole, Andrew A. - 2016
Most marketing practitioners and scholars agree that marketing assets such as brand equity significantly contribute to … a firm's financial performance. In this paper, we model brand equity as an unobservable stock that results from up to … thirty years of past brand-related investment flows. Using firm-specific trademarks as investment proxies, our results show a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418793
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Cartel cases and the cartel enforcement process in the European Union 2001-2015 : a quantitative assessment
Hellwig, Michael; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2016
We provide a comprehensive quantitative assessment of cartels and the related cartel enforcement process in the European Union (EU) from 2001 to 2015. In a first step, we present a detailed characterization of all cartel cases decided by the European Commission (EC) with respect to various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541082
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Assessing the effects of a road surfacing cartel in Switzerland
Hüschelrath, Kai; Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick … - 2009
The paper assesses the impact of the detection of a hard-core cartel in the Swiss market for road surfacing on post-cartel competition. In addition to an investigation of supply-side factors, demand-side factors, and market prices, the paper also derives estimates of the economic effects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914268
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Critical loss analysis in market definition and merger control
Hüschelrath, Kai - 2009
The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in critical loss analysis, both, in academia and in practice. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between antitrust experts as well as an increasing number of case decisions which make use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914325
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Methodologische Grundlagen einer Evaluation von Wettbewerbspolitik
Hüschelrath, Kai - 2009
Arbeitsvorgabe erst einige Jahre vergangen sind, so hat die Bedeutung der Evaluation von Wettbewerbspolitik seitdem deutlich … von Wettbewerbspolitik und somit die Ableitung von Forschungsbedarf. -- Wettbewerbspolitik ; Evaluation ; Kartelle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914333
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A framework to enforce anti-predation rules
Hüschelrath, Kai; Weigand, Jürgen - 2009
The paper develops a framework to enforce anti-predation rules that explicitly takes the intervention stage into account. In particular, it is proposed to improve predation enforcement by focusing on two channels: refining the current regime, and amending it. With respect to the refinement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914345
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Fighting hard core cartels
Hüschelrath, Kai; Weigand, Jürgen - 2010
The paper provides a comprehensive survey of the economics behind the fight against hard core cartels. Differentiating between four subsequent stages – characterisation, welfare effects, enforcement and evaluation – the paper pays particular attention to cartel detection methods, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701356
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Predation enforcement options : an evaluation using a Cournot framework
Hüschelrath, Kai; Weigand, Jürgen - 2010
The paper characterises the building blocks of a framework to enforce antipredation rules and subsequently evaluates selected enforcement options in a Cournot-type duopoly predation model. Differentiating between a no rule approach, an ex ante approach and two ex post approaches, it is shown...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701358
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A methodology for the evaluation of competition policy
Hüschelrath, Kai; Leheyda, Nina - 2010
The paper develops a methodology for the evaluation of competition policy. Based on the existing literature and experiences with policy evaluations in other areas of economic activity, the three-step / nine-building-blocks methodology provides guidance for evaluation projects and also assists in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701366
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Antitrust immunity for airline alliances
Bilotkach, Volodymyr; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2010
The market developments in international air transportation have led to the dominance of three global airline alliances – Star, SkyTeam and oneworld. At the same time, members of these alliances receive increasingly more freedom in coordinating various aspects of joint operations, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701367