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Consolidations in the German interurban bus industry: Effects on prices and quantities
De Haas, Samuel; Schäfer, Jan Thomas - 2017
indication of a strong impact of intermodal competition. This suggestion is confirmed by our empirical findings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787823
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The price-link in the German natural gas market: The development of the oil price-link and alternative price mechanisms
Saatmann, Stefan J. - 2013
This SIMAT Working Paper deals with an intensively discussed topic in the German natural gas economy: The price-link in natural gas contracts. Because of opposite price developments of the energy commodities such as oil, coal or natural gas, the traditionally used oil price-link is facing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317981
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Pharmaceutical prices under regulation : tiered co-payments and reference pricing in Germany
Herr, Annika; Suppliet, Moritz - 2012
drug substitution and competition. Since 2006, Germany follows an innovative approach by differentiating drug co … potential reductions in co-payments. We refer to the latter result as the "co-payment exemption paradox." Our competition proxy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522774
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Regulation and competition in German banking : an assessment
Fischer, Karl-Hermann; Pfeil, Christian M. - 2003
derived from imperfect competition in markets for financial services is implied, which banks exercise vis-à-vis their loan and … deposit customers. In the past, bank regulation has often been blamed for undermining competition and the functioning of … industry, competition and regulation are deeply interrelated as most regulatory institutions, even if they do not explicitly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765356
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Der Mindestlohn im Dachdeckerhandwerk : Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry; Rammer, … - 2012
Der seit 1997 im Dachdeckerhandwerk eingeführte und seit 2003 bundeseinheitlich geregelte, allgemeinverbindliche Mindestlohn führt vor allem in Ostdeutschland auch im internationalen Vergleich zu einer starken Betroffenheit der Branche vom Mindestlohn. Die damit einhergehende effektive...
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Verschwörung oder Marktwirtschaft? : was bestimmt die Benzinpreise?
Kasten, Christiane; Klepper, Gernot - 2001
Die starken Preissteigerungen für Benzin in den letzten 2 Jahren sind häufig auf mangelnden Wettbewerb zurückgeführt worden. Die These wird überprüft, indem die Wettbewerbsstruktur bei Tankstellen und deren Vorleistungsbeziehungen dargestellt werden und ökonometrische Schätzungen über...
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Tariff-mediated network effects versus strategic discounting : evidence from German mobile telecommunications
Zucchini, Leon; Claussen, Jörg; Trüg, Moritz - 2013
Mobile telecommunication operators routinely charge subscribers lower prices for calls on their own network than for calls to other networks (on-net discounts). Studies on tariff-mediated network effects suggest this is due to large operators using on-net discounts to damage smaller rivals....
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Competitive Pressure : Competitive Dynamics as Reactions to Multiple Rivals
Zucchini, Leon - 2012
Competitive dynamics research has focused primarily on interactions between dyads of firms. Drawing on the awareness-motivation-capability framework and strategic group theory we extend this by proposing that firms' actions are influenced by perceived competitive pressure resulting from actions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114173
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Competition in the German Interurban Bus Industry : A Snapshot Two Years after Liberalization
Dürr, Niklas - 2015
We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015075
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Deregulation, Competition, and Consolidation : The Case of the German Interurban Bus Industry
Dürr, Niklas - 2015
We provide an empirical assessment of the German interurban bus industry two years after its deregulation in January 2013. In addition to a general description of key developments of the industry, we use a unique route-level price data set to study both competitive interaction in general and the...
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