Obwohl es dem Konzept des Soft Paternalismus gelang, die Aufmerk-samkeit auf die Bedeutung verhaltensökonomischer Erkenntnisse und die verhaltensbeein-flussende Wirkung von ‚weichen‘ Politikinstrumenten wie Default rules zu lenken, wird ge-zeigt, dass der Soft Paternalismus nur einen...

Although both in US antitrust and European competition law there is a clear evolution to a much broader application of rule of reason (instead of per-se rules), there is also an increasing awareness of the problems of a case-by-case approach. The error costs approach (minimizing the sum of...

Although both in US antitrust and European competition law there is a clear evolution to a much broader application of "rule of reason" (instead of per-se rules), there is also an increasing awareness of the problems of a case-by-case approach. The "error costs approach" (minimizing the sum of...

Obwohl es dem Konzept des Soft Paternalismus gelang, die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Bedeutung verhaltensökonomischer Erkenntnisse und die verhaltensbeeinflussende Wirkung von 'weichen' Politikinstrumenten wie Default rules zu lenken, wird gezeigt, dass der Soft Paternalismus nur einen sehr...

The "UsedSoft" decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) about the right of a buyer of a downloaded copy of a software to resell this copy triggered a controversial discussion about the applicability of the "exhaustion" rule (US: first-sale doctrine) to copyright-protected...

The "UsedSoft" decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) about the right of a buyer of a downloaded copy of a software to resell this copy triggered a controversial discussion about the applicability of the "exhaustion" rule (US: first-sale doctrine) to copyright-protected...

Although both in US antitrust and European competition law there is a clear evolution to a much broader application of "rule of reason" (instead of per-se rules), there is also an increasing awareness of the problems of a case-by-case approach. The "error costs approach" (minimizing the sum of...

Obwohl es dem Konzept des Soft Paternalismus gelang, die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Bedeutung verhaltensökonomischer Erkenntnisse und die verhaltensbeeinflussende Wirkung von 'weichen' Politikinstrumenten wie Default rules zu lenken, wird gezeigt, dass der Soft Paternalismus nur einen sehr...

Interoperability has become a buzzword in European policy debates on the future of the digital economy. In its Digital Agenda, the EU Commission has identified a lack of interoperability as one of the significant obstacles for the thriving of the digital economy. The EU Commission and a number...

It is still an open and controversially discussed question to what extent harmonisation and centralisation of policies and regulations are necessary for the Internal Market of the EU. In this paper I argue that from an economic perspective the problem of market integration should not be analyzed...