This paper provides a survey of the effects of market competition in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The pivotal element of the transition was inter-firm competition, which replaced economic planning as the method to identify demand. Pro-competitive policies that...

This paper argues that the accession to the European Union improves the quality of competition policy via the implementation of pro-competitive policies, especially antitrust and competition policies, embedded in the Community Acquis. We assess this conjecture empirically for the (former)...

This paper argues that the accession to the European Union improves the quality of competition policy via the implementation of pro-competitive policies, especially antitrust and competition policies, embedded in the Community Acquis. We assess this conjecture empirically for the (former)...

Als Reaktion auf die COVID-19-Krise hat die Regierung ein Paket an Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung der Wirtschaft zusammengestellt. Dieser Bericht analysiert anhand von drei Sonderbefragungen des WIFO-Konjunkturtests die Inanspruchnahme und Einschätzung der Wirksamkeit der eingesetzten...