This paper examines the interaction between intellectual property protection and competition policy on the choice of entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property protection makes it more likely that entrepreneurs...

Using a sample of 96 mergers notified to the EU Commission and logit regression techniques, we analyse the Commission's decision process. We find that the probability of a phase 2 investigation and of a prohibition of the merger increases with the parties' market shares. The probability...

In zunehmend polypolistischen Anbietermärkten wird der grenzüberschreitende Austausch von Waren und Dienstleistungen zu einer wesentlichen Erfolgsdeterminante für große Teile der Marktakteure. Zugleich formen digitale Disruptionen sowie ein kaum mehr berechenbarer technologischer Fortschritt...