Das Telekommunikationsmodernisierungsgesetz führt ab dem 1. Dezember 2021 mit § 72 Telekommunikationsgesetz ein "Glasfaserbereitstellungsentgelt" für gebäudeinterne Netze befristet ein. Die neue Vorschrift wird erläutert. Sie sollte in eine Richtung weiterentwickelt werden, die Interessen...

This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that T-Mobile and Vodafone possess a position of collective dominance. Allegedly, their position of joint dominance is secured through a combination of first-mover advantages and...

Using a large panel data set of German manufacturing establishments, this paper investigates the impact of competition on training incidence as well as on the number of trained workers. According to theory, one would expect a negative relationship between product market competition and firms'...

Germany is the second largest coffee market in the world, just overshadowed by the United States. Coffee is the most popular beverage in Germany - in fact more popular than beer. In 1999 the five biggest companies in the raosted coffee market had a combined market share of 84.5%. The market is...

This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous framework at the industry level of aggregation. We use a model in which R&D affects both, demand and cost conditions. An optimization process leads to optimal industry R&D expenditure...