This study shows an overview about investigations in the field of mergers and acquisitions of agribusiness companies (milk and sugar) and examines the trade off effect between efficiency gains on business level and dangers for competition policy. The study underlines relevant results of mergers...

Abstract: Das vorliegende Buch beschreibt die Entwicklung und Anwendung eines agentenbasierten Simulationsmodells für den deutschen Strommarkt. Liberalisierung, verstärkte Anstrengungen zur Reduktion von Treibhausgasemissionen und der massive Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien haben zu einem Umbruch...

We estimate the pro-competitive effects of Austria's participation in the Single Market after its EU accession in 1995 in terms of firms' market power as measured by the Lerner index, using a sample of 46 industries and 7 industry groups, covering the period 1978 to 2001. In the framework of the...

Healthcare in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with real per capita spending growth averaging 4 percent since 1980. This paper examines the role of market power of U.S. healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies. It finds that markups (the ability to charge prices...