As the COVID-19 crisis unfolded, the European Commission (Commission) started labelling its enforcement of European Union (EU) competition law as exceptional. A Temporary Framework for State Aid was issued for the ‘current exceptional circumstances’ describing multiple types of aid dealing...

The Trojan Horse Hypothesis, an unwritten antitrust myth, states that through the purposeful use of confusing terminology Robert Bork was able to disguise his conservative agenda as a “pro-consumer policy,” enlist people who did not endorse this agenda to promote it, and turn it into the law...

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the reallocation of economic activity across firms, and whether this reallocation depends on the competition environment. The paper uses the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys COVID-19 Follow-up Surveys for about 8,000 firms in 23 emerging...

Der Autor, Wirtschaftsjournalist beim Handelsblatt, hat eine Schieflage in der deutschen Wirtschaft ausgemacht, durch die grosse Unternehmen immer (einfluss-)reicher werden, während Mittelständler- und Arbeitnehmer*innen die Zeche bezahlen. Hier muss nach seiner Einschätzung die Politik...