The paper discusses the respective roles of competition policy and sector-specific regulation for industries such as … when competition policy and to sector-specific regulation apply to a given industry at the same time. The discussion refers … parts of the industry should be subject to regulation, and (iii) the recent cases in the telecommunications and postal …

, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focuses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New … specific view of NIE at industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, discusses three current issues – the European policy …

decision. With a strong federal government that has extensive competences for regulation, merger control on competition grounds …, which has more limited competences for regulation. In addition, both the executive and the legislative powers are more fully …

have many advantages (less regulation costs, rent seeking and knowledge problems), although an additional differentiation …

Under ex ante access regulation entrants often claim that access fees are excessive. I show that this is only the case … strictly positive access fee which may exceed the efficient level. Ex post regulation facilitates this type of collusion and …

further-reaching political calls for regulation. While Google is currently in the focus of the discussion, the next candidate … economic perspective and, consequently, do not warrant regulation or other drastic interventions (like breaking the company up …