We discuss competition policy issues of vertical integration in internetbased two-sided markets against the background of the Google antitrust allegations. Network effects and economics of scale often lead to dominating companies, which are integrated over several markets. This implies...

We discuss competition policy issues of vertical integration in internetbased two-sided markets against the background of the Google antitrust allegations. Network effects and economics of scale often lead to dominating companies, which are integrated over several markets. This implies...

Wohl kein anderer Wirtschaftssektor in den neuen Bundesländern hat ein solch radikalen Umwälzungsprozeß über sich ergehen lassen müssen wie der Groß- und Einzelhandel. Innerhalb von wenigen Monaten wurden die bisherigen Versorgungs- und Verteilungssysteme von territoral-, bezirks- oder...

This study aims at assessing the impacts of different approaches to IPPC implementation on competitiveness of companies in two industrial sectors (electric steelmaking and domestic glass production). As the provisions of the IPPC Directive allow a certain flexibility for Member States to set...

This volume contains the papers and discussions of the 39th Ottobeuren Seminar on Economics dealing with the subject of "market power". The authors deal with numerous issues relevant to the market from a theoretical, empirical, political and legal perspective. This meeting of scholars from...