comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …

fact that universal banking in Germany creates implicit barriers to entry. Yet, regulatory and informational differences …

This paper explains the different trajectories of German and American competition policy and its permissiveness towards … pathways of professional ideas in competition policy can account for the cross-country differences. In the 1960s and early 1970 …s, movements to strengthen competition policy in the direction of an active deconcentration of industry emerged in both …