We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In addition to a brief characterization of the liberalization process and several general market developments, we provide a detailed analysis of selected market characteristics such as...

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In addition to a brief characterization of the liberalization process and several general market developments, we provide a detailed analysis of selected market characteristics such as...

The latest European Court of Justice Judgment on margin squeeze, its decision on Case C-52/09, of February 2011, giving answer to a preliminary ruling from the Swedish antitrust authority –the Konkurrensverket- provides valuable clarification on one of the more controversial abuse of dominance...

Applications such as iMessage, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Skype, Snapchat, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat have become an increasingly popular means of personal and business interaction. Surprisingly little academic effort has gone into understanding the nature and origin of these...

Both telecommunications providers and policy makers would like to see consumers upgrading their fixed, wireless-fixed and wireless IAS. While telecommunications providers value such upgrades to increase the average revenue per user (ARPU), policy makers hope for socio-economic benefits by...