&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …

majors in Germany. We assemble a high-frequency panel data set that encompasses millions of price observations and allows us … identical across brands, irrespective of the lag count, suggesting a high degree of competition among brands. … den fünf großen Tankstellenmarken. Dies spricht für eine sehr hohes Maß an Wettbewerb im deutschen Tankstellenmarkt. Die …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry. …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …

monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …

To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so …-called Market Transparency Unit for Fuels (MTU). Drawing on a panel data set covering 6,834 stations in Germany and employing both … margins of gas stations. We find that the MTU fostered a more intense competition, with a reduction in price margins of 1 …