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cartelized industry. This paper endogenizes the process of cartel formation in a numeric simulation model where firms differ in …
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Prime and others have emerged as new suppliers of audiovisual content. In this quickly changing industry, compe-tition … also identify areas where competition intensity between different service types appear to be low, for instance, through …
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The paper analyses the economics behind algorithmic search and recommender services, based upon personalized user data. Such services play a paramount role for online services such as marketplaces (e.g. Amazon), audio streaming (e.g. Spotify), video streaming (e.g. Netflix, YouTube), app stores,...
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We analyze competition between data intermediaries collecting information on consumers, which they sell to firms for … price discrimination purposes. We show that competition between data intermediaries benefits consumers by increasing … competition between firms, and by reducing the amount of consumer data collected. We argue that merger policy guidelines should …
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This paper analyzes the impact vertical integration has on upstream collusion when the price of the input is linear. As a first step, the paper derives the collusive equilibrium that requires the lowest discount factor in the infinitely repeated game when one firm is vertically integrated. It...
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This paper develops a model of successive oligopolies with endogenous market entry, allowing for varying degrees of product differentiation and entry costs in both markets. Our analysis shows that the downstream conditions dominate the overall profitability of the two-tier structure while the...
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petrol, but with substantially lower rates in high-income regions and in regions with a low degree of competition. More …-through estimates may obscure a high degree of spatial and temporal heterogeneity that bears upon the assessment of competition and … Diesel und 71 % für Benzin, wobei die Raten in Regionen mit hohem Einkommen und in Regionen mit geringem Wettbewerb deutlich …
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From the angle of competition policy, Voice over IP looks like a panacea. It not only brings better service, but it … providers classic telephone numbers would enhance systems competition with switched telephony. But this would make it more …
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This essay discusses two immanent challenges for competition policy in online e-commerce markets: the platform …) with a focus on how they affect and change competition and markets. Section 4 summarizes landmark antitrust cases and … economic theory and the observed patterns of behavior in the landmark cases, implications for competition policy are derived …
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Wettbewerbsregeln angepasst werden müssen, um einen funktionierenden Wettbewerb in der digitalen Wirtschaft zu erhalten. Auf Basis …
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