This dissertation comprises four essays in Empirical Industrial Organization. The unifying element of the four papers is the use of modern empirical methods in policy evaluation as well as behavioral economics. Three of the four essays are pure industry case studies of the automobile as well as...

The promotion of competition in Europe's network industries has been in the foreground of economic policy in recent years. Network industries have undergone dramatic changes, involving privatisation, liberalisation and de- as well as re-regulation. But there are still many unresolved problems in...