The German health care market suffers of a lack of competition. This is the resolution of a long period of collective negotiations between a provider monopoly and statutory health insurance funds. To correct this market failure, the sector has undergone a series of reforms such as the initiation...

The German Cartel Office’s recent study of retail gasoline markets provides strong evidence of an oligopoly in which the major suppliers coordinate pricing strategies and achieve supracompetitive prices. Competition law enforcement does not provide effective tools to improve market outcomes....