Using a large panel data set of German manufacturing establishments, this paper investigates the impact of competition … on training incidence as well as on the number of trained workers. According to theory, one would expect a negative … relationship between product market competition and firms' incentives to invest in employees' general skills (Gersbach and …

&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process … emerge as substitutes both in theory and in the data. …

; competition ; specific investment ; suppliers ; car manufacturers ; German automotive industry …

; Competition ; Specific investment ; Suppliers ; Car manufacturers ; German automotive industry …

To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so … margins of gas stations. We find that the MTU fostered a more intense competition, with a reduction in price margins of 1 …Mit dem Ziel den Wettbewerb auf dem Benzinmarkt zu erhöhen, wurde die so genannte Markttransparenzstelle für …