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The gas price shock has been a major contributor to inflation in Germany. In this context, Dullien and Weber (2022a, b, c) proposed a two-tier pricing scheme for natural gas in the spring of 2022 that lowers the price for a base quota through a subsidy while maintaining high market prices on the...
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This paper studies the relevance of strategic trade effects in the environmental policy for the European electricity sector. The production, investment and trade of electricity are modelled for four European countries. Three market regimes are distinguished: perfect competition, price regulation...
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This paper examines how the option of a regulated linear input price affects vertical contracting, where a monopolistic upstream supplier sequentially offers supply contracts to two symmetric downstream firms. We find that equilibrium contracts vary with production cost and regulated price...
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Die von der Bundesregierung geplante Verschärfung der Preissetzungsregeln im Einzelhandel sieht vor, dass Einzelhändler Güter nicht mehr zu Preisen verkaufen dürfen, die unter den Einstandspreisen liegen. Eine solche Preispolitik ist schon heute unzulässig, wenn damit kleinere Konkurrenten...
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We ask why, in many circumstances and many environments, decision-makers choose to act on a time-regular basis (e.g. adjust every six weeks) or on a stateregular basis (e.g. set prices ending in a 9), even though such an approach appears suboptimal. The paper attributes regular behaviour to...
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This paper analyses the optimal enforcement of competition policy against collusion under asymmetric information on cartel's costs and observable prices. The implementable price schedules are increasing, and the net profits decreasing, in cartel's costs, while expected penalties are increasing...
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Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob die unterschiedlich hohen Landesbasisfallwerte für Kliniken in Deutschland durch systematische Kostenunterschiede zwischen den Bundesländern zu erklären sind. Die statistische Analyse kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass einzig krankenhausspezifische und...
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Dieser Beitrag entwickelt einen Vorschlag zur indikationsspezifischen Kosten-Nutzen-Bewertung. Zentrales Konzept ist ein sozialer Gesundheitsindex, der die Leistung des Gesundheitswesens misst. Er berücksichtigt nicht nur das Niveau der Gesundheit in der Bevölkerung, sondern auch deren...
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This paper compares the distributional effects of price cap and lump sum transfer policies to aid the affordability of subsistence electricity consumption. A lump sum transfer is more progressive than a comparable price cap on all units of electricity. We identify conditions under which these...
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