The paper assesses the impact of the detection of a hard-core cartel in the Swiss market for road surfacing on post-cartel competition. In addition to an investigation of supply-side factors, demand-side factors, and market prices, the paper also derives estimates of the economic effects of the...

The paper assesses the impact of the detection of a hard-core cartel in the Swiss market for road surfacing on post-cartel competition. In addition to an investigation of supply-side factors, demand-side factors, and market prices, the paper also derives estimates of the economic effects of the...

The paper assesses the impact of the detection of a hard-core cartel in the Swiss market for road surfacing on post-cartel competition. In addition to an investigation of supply-side factors, demand-side factors, and market prices, the paper also derives estimates of the economic effects of the...

Under ex ante access regulation entrants often claim that access fees are excessive. I show that this is only the case if further entry is admitted. If the entrant is protected from further entry it would agree with the incumbent upon a strictly positive access fee which may exceed the efficient...

Einführung in die Thematik und Konzeption des Lehrbuchs -- Ökonomik der Kartelle und Kartellverfolgung -- Kartelle in der Europäischen Union: Überblick und empirische Evidenz -- Kartellverfolgung in der Europäischen Union: Überblick und empirische Evidenz -- Das Zementkartell in...

Kartelle fügen Volkswirtschaften weltweit schwere ökonomische Schäden zu, die nicht nur aus Preiserhöhungen für die entsprechenden Güter oder Dienstleistungen bestehen, sondern gleichzeitig auch reduzierte Anreize zu Innovationen in den betroffenen Branchen umfassen. Die Aufdeckung und...

Although the pricing dynamics of hardcore cartels have been studied intensively from a theoretical perspective, empirical evidence is still rare. We combine publicly available data with a unique private data set of about 340,000 market transactions from 36 smaller and larger customers of German...