In recent months, Germany has been confronted with a price shock for fuels. After years of low pump prices, there have … been sudden price increases. In order to capture the effects of the price shock on mobility in North Rhine …

a steep increase in prices after price controls were lifted in 2006. The boycott led to an immediate decline in prices … low prices, would have been 30% higher but for the boycott, (ii) own price elasticities and especially cross price … other products, of new price controls, and of possibly class action law suits. …