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...

Since the mid-1990s, competition in the Austrian product markets has become markedly more vigorous, driven by "externally induced" competition-oriented structural reforms. In terms of product market regulation, Austria ranks in the middle range in international comparisons. Same as other...

With the amendment to the cartel law in 2002, a new institutional basis had been established for competition policy in Austria. Responding to domestic and European pressure to reform, legislators provided the groundwork for setting up the Federal Competition Authority and Federal Cartel...

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...

Der Artikel zeichnet die quantitative Entwicklung von Unternehmen bis zu 200 Beschäftigten in Rußland seit 1987 nach, weil Neugründungen vor allem in dieser Betriebsgrößenklassen stattfanden. Danach wird die Verteilung von Unternehmen unter 1.000 Beschäftigten in der Industrie analysiert....

Als "Pluspunkte" Sachsens hob Prof. Dr. Oppenländer die "Dichte der Wissenschafts- und beruflichen Bildungseinrichtungen", die "Verfügbarkeit qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte" sowie die "Zugriffsmöglichkeiten auf produktionsnahe Dienste" hervor. Zu den Schwachstellen gehörten noch die sog....

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the lengthy expansion brought the Australian economy to a position of near full employment. Inflation had eased in late 2006 and early 2007, but accelerated in the second quarter. The current account deficit was 5½ percent of GDP in 2006. The...

This Selected Issues paper on Serbia’s Article IV Consultation reviews the precrisis growth paradigm and its legacy vulnerabilities. The underlying growth model proved vulnerable to shocks, being associated with a high share of nontradable, low domestic savings, and a fragile external...

The staff report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia discusses economic developments and policies. The new government’s economic program aims to raise growth further, but does not address these vulnerabilities. Plans to increase the central...