Die vorliegende Studie Zur wettbewerblichen Wirkung des Zweivertragsmodells imdeutschen Gasmarkt analysiert die Auswirkungen des neuen Entry-Exit-Modells inDeutschland auf die Entwicklung von Liquidität und Marktmachtsituation der entstehendenMärkte. Ziel ist dabei die Ableitung von...

Much of the recent literature on price transmission focuses on whether price changesoccurring at one stage of the food sector are fully transmitted in changes to retail prices. Therole of market structure in determining the degree of price transmission is often emphasised,the presumption being...

This paper develops a model in order to explore how a banks equity stake in a competitor of a borrower affects the financing relationship with the borrower and product market outcomes.

Initiated by the seminal work of Diamond/Dybvig (1983) and Diamond (1984), advances in the theory of financial intermediation have sharpened our understanding of the theoretical foundations of banks as special financial institutions. What makes them "unique" is the combination of accepting...

[...]These political considerations may seem tangential to thesubject of price hedonics, but the events following fromGreenspan’s remark have linked the two issues. First, theSenate Finance Committee consulted a panel of experts, andthat panel reached a consensus supporting...

[...]The final force of change is the continual evolution of thedelivery channels through which financial services are offered.This has occurred in many ways and in several stages. First, theuse of postal services substituted for physical market presence;this was followed by increased use of...