This paper explores the origin and development of the "consumer choice" paradigm as the core concept of German ordoliberal thought which has had a strong impact on EU competition policy and law. Outside Germany, ordoliberal thought is often identified exclusively with the learning of the...

Coordination Failure Diagnostics (CFD) is a model that analyses real market processes with the help of time pattern analysis and investigates whether they operate efficiently. The CFD cartel-audit should enable the detection of cartels via characteristic market process patterns. This is based on...

Obwohl Kartelle i.d.R. illegal sind, verursachen sie in der Realität erhebliche Wohlfahrtsverluste. Die meisten Kartelle werden jedoch nur zufällig entdeckt. Ziel dieser Studie ist daher die Erstellung eines empirischen Werkzeugs, das ein systematisches Marktscreening aller Märkte und das...