Neben einer Vielzahl kleiner Änderungen und Verbesserungen wurde gegenüber der Vorauflage das Kapitel über wettbewerbsbeeinträchtigende Strategien und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Markt grundlegend überarbeitet sowie theoretisch vertieft. Zudem wurden die Eckpunkte der 8. Kartellnovelle...

This paper analyses the interdependency between the market for music recordings on the one side and the market for concert tickets on the other side, assuming that there are positive indirect network effects both from the record market to ticket sales for live performances and vice versa. In a...

This paper analyzes the incentive effects of pollution taxes versus pollution permits for a budget oriented Government. Pollution permits are analyzed as durable goods, and a pollution tax is seen as an equivalent to leasing pollution permits. First, a general model is developed and then four...

This paper analyzes how competition works in mobile telecommunications markets and, based on this analysis, we discuss whether regulatory intervention in mobile telephone markets is justified from an economic perspective. Starting point of our analysis is the observation that an evaluation of...

Traditional economic theory of collusion assumed that cartels are inherently unstable, and yet some manage to operate for years or even decades. While the literature has presented several determinants of cartel stability, the vast majority focuses on firms as entities, even though cartels are...