In ihrem 13. Sektorgutachten Telekommunikation analysiert die Monopolkommission die aktuelle Wettbewerbssituation auf den deutschen Festnetz- und Mobilfunkmärkten. Die Monopolkommission empfiehlt eine kurze Verlängerung der Mobilfunkfrequenzen um maximal drei Jahre, die mit...

This paper empirically investigates market behavior and firms' lobbying in a unified structural setup. In a sequential game, where firms lobby for regulation before they compete in the product market, we derive a testable measure of lobbying coordination. Applying the setting to the early U.S....

This paper empirically investigates contrasting views on the politics of economic policy. Merging different databases, we test various predictions coming form different strands of literature, with the aim of explaining the cross-sectional and temporal variation in the degree of regulatory...