The empirical literature on mergers, market power and collusion in differentiated markets has mainly focused on methods relying on output and/or panel data. In contrast to this literature we suggest a novel approach that allows for the detection of collusive behavior among a group of firms...

A regression analysis has shown that, due to watered-down competition, prices of single-day ski passes are higher by up to 18 percent in regions covered by ski networks than they would be in an independent region. Networking similarly weakens competition when it comes to multi-day passes....

The empirical literature on mergers, market power and collusion in differentiated markets has mainly focused on methods relying on output and/or panel data. In contrast to this literature we suggest a novel approach that allows for the detection of collusive behaviour among a group of firms...

The empirical literature on mergers, market power and collusion in differentiated markets has mainly focused on methods relying on output and/or panel data. In contrast to this literature we suggest a novel approach that allows for the detection of collusive behaviour among a group of firms...

Der Forschungs- und Technologiebericht 2017 ist der Lagebericht über die aus Bundesmitteln geförderte Forschung, Technologie und Innovation in Österreich und wurde im Auftrag der Bundesministerien für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW) und Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie...

Die Preise von Tagesskipässen sind, wie eine Regressionsanalyse zeigt, aufgrund der Aufweichung des Wettbewerbes in Skiverbunden um bis zu 18% höher als sie in einem unabhängigen Skigebiet wären. Auch im Bereich der Mehrtagespässe wird der Wettbewerb durch die Verbundbildung verwässert....