In 2011, price peaks in retail gasoline prices caused public outrage and attracted the attention of German regulatory agencies. After having examined the market, competition authorities concluded that tacit collusion existed but could not easily be prosecuted under the given competition law. In...

In 2011, price peaks in retail gasoline prices caused public outrage and attracted the attention of German regulatory agencies. After having examined the market, competition authorities concluded that tacit collusion existed but could not easily be prosecuted under given competition law. In...

To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so-called Market Transparency Unit for Fuels (MTU). Drawing on a panel data set covering 6,834 stations in Germany and employing both fixed effect methods and a difference-in-difference...

Die Untersuchung beginnt mit einem allgemeinen Teil. Dieser führt in die Problematik der Internalisierung externer Kosten allgemein und speziell im Abfallbereich ein und umreißt das Spannungsfeld, in dem sich Handeslunternehmen aufgrund der aktuellen Umweltpolitik und -gesetzgebung befinden....