Untersuchungen zu den Auswirkungen von Fusionen auf Firmen und Märkte stehen bereits seit langem im Brennpunkt wirtschaftspolitischen und akademischen Interesses. Aufgrund der engen Verknüpfung von Innovation, Wachstum und Konsumentenwohlfahrt ist für die Wettbewerbspolitik insbesondere die...

Previous work has shown that state-level antitrust enforcement activity may have impacts on entry and relocation behavior by U.S. firms. Significant state-level antitrust activity may be an indicator of a perceived adverse business environment and it is found to deter establishment entry,...

We investigate the impact of competition policy enforcement on the functioning of European energy markets, and how sectoral regulation influences these outcomes. For this purpose, we compile a new dataset on the European Commission's (EC) and EU member states' competition policy decisions, and...

In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the alleged abuse of a joint dominant position by strategically withholding generation capacity. The case was settled after E.ON agreed to divest 5,000 MW generation capacity as well as...