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Monoculture versus diversity in competition economics
Budzinski, Oliver - 2007
Economics rightfully represents the major basis for competition policy. Next to generating knowledge about competition and its welfare effects, the currently popular 'more-economic approach' is charged with a number of additional hopes and expectations, leading to a reduction of the ambiguities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300239
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Pluralism of competition policy paradigms and the call for regulatory diversity
Budzinski, Oliver - 2003
Contrary to some contemporary arguing, competition economics are characterized by a considerable pluralism of theories and policy paradigms. This includes deviating views on core concepts like the nature of competition, the meaning of efficiency, or the goal of antitrust. The paper demonstrates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265743
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Elektronischer Handel im Lichte der Bestreitbarkeit von Märkten
Mai, Stefan; Oelmann, Mark - 2001
Information and communication technologies are transforming economies and societies around the world. In this respect, E-Commerce has the capability to build a new global economy. That is why government, industries, non-profit-organisations, trade unions and consumers would like to come together...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270679
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Wettbewerbsregeln für das Digitale Zeitalter - Die Ökonomik personalisierter Daten, Verbraucherschutz und die 9. GWB-Novelle
Budzinski, Oliver - 2017
Die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen stellt die Wettbewerbspolitik vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Um … Wirtschaftstheorie. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die 9. Novelle in einigen Bereichen eine Verbesserung der Wettbewerbspolitik in … Digitalisierungsprozesses skizziert, von denen zu erwarten ist, dass sie die Wettbewerbspolitik in den nächsten Jahren vor neue …
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A market screening model for price inconstancies: Empirical evidence from German electricity markets
von Blanckenburg, Korbinian; Hanfeld, Marc; Kholodilin, … - 2013
In this paper, we develop a market screening model to detect inconstancies in price changes. Although there is a long history of industrial organization research of collusion, price setting behavior, and conduct - a robust model to detect structural changes in market structure was missing so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292671
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Merger Control and Enterprise Competitiveness - Empirical Analysis and Policy Recommendations
Stennek, Johan; Verboven, Frank - 2001
This report studies the importance of efficiency gains from horizontal mergers. A general theme throughout this report is that efficiency gains, and their pass-on to consumers, may vary substantially from merger to merger. For this reason it seems appropriate to reconsider current practice in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334755
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Modern industrial organization theory of media markets and competition policy implications
Budzinski, Oliver; Kuchinke, Björn - 2018
This paper outlines the modern industrial organization theory of media markets including competition policy implications. After recapturing fundamentals of industrial organization theory in a non-technical way, the state of the art of (i) modern platform economics, (ii) the economics of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906448
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Competition policy reform in Europe and Germany - Institutional change in the light of digitization
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2018
The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927073
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The influence of collusion on price changes: New evidence from major cartel cases
von Blanckenburg, Korbinian; Geist, Alexander; … - 2010
In this paper, we compare the distribution of price changes between collusive and noncollusive periods for ten major cartels. The first moments focus on previous research. We extend the discussion to the third (skewness) and fourth (kurtosis) moments. However, none of the above descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274410
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The influence of collusion on price changes: New evidence from major cartel cases
von Blanckenburg, Korbinian; Geist, Alexander; … - 2010
In this paper, we compare the distribution of price changes between collusive and non-collusive periods for ten major cartels. The first moments focus on previous research. We extend the discussion to the third (skewness) and fourth (kurtosis) moments. However, none of the above descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274417