I develop a model of R&D cooperation with uncertain research outcomes. In this model asymmetric outcomes of R&D competition emerge naturally. Therefore ex-ante and ex-post R&D cooperation can be studied as alternatives for firms. Using this model I compare welfare losses under ex-ante and...

1. Competition policy and trade policy are usually distinct areas of economic policy, the first being inward, the second outward oriented. With increasing economic internationalization their interconnections become more important, not only on the national, but also on the European and world...

Die Einbindung des Groß- und Einzelhandels in die Gesamtwirtschaft hat nicht nur die Unternehmens- und Wettbewerbsstrukturen des Handels wesentlich verändert, sondern auch zu neuen Funktionsprofilen bei den Handelsunternehmen selbst und bei Unternehmen in den übrigen Wirtschaftssektoren...

As a result of international legalization, the potential for conflicts of overlapping jurisdictions has multiplied vertically between national and international law, as well as horizontally between national and foreign law. In competition control, the latter type of horizontal overlap between US...