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Since the late 1990s, natural gas has been the second most important source of energy in the European Union after oil. Current forecasts predict that the demand for natural gas will continue to rise over the long term. As the production of natural gas in the EU has already passed its peak and...
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Produktbündel sind im Wirtschaftsleben allgegenwärtig. Sie können zum einen erhebliche Vorteile für Anbieter und Kunden aufweisen, zum anderen können sie aber auch als Instrument zur Behinderung des Wettbewerbs eingesetzt werden. Die ökonomische und rechtliche Würdigung ist daher sehr...
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Das reibungslose Zusammenarbeiten von Programmen unterschiedlicher Hersteller ist für die Softwareindustrie von zentraler Bedeutung. Standards für Dokumentenformate, Kommunikationsprotokolle und Programmschnittstellen sichern die Interoperabilität von Systemen. Wettbewerbspolitisch stellen...
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I investigate a simple model of advance-purchase contracts as a mode of financing costly projects. An entrepreneur has to meet some capital requirement in order to start production and sell the related good to a limited number of potential buyers who are privately informed about their...
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In order to assess the effect of EMU on market conditions for banks based in countries which adopt the Single Currency, we use the H indicator suggested by Panzar and Rosse (1987). Our contribution is to assess results separately for large and small banks, and for interest income and total...
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This paper investigates the effect of credibility of environmental policies on environmental innovation and welfare. When the government precommits to an emission tax, the monopolist's abatement effort is lower than if the environmental policy is at the government's discretion. Time consistent...
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This paper shows that the introduction of a minimum quality standard can have repercussions on market structure, opening the possibility of predatory behaviour. The predatory equilibrium exists independently of whether or not adjustment costs are present. Moreover, whenever predation is an...
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The paper explores abatement investment and location responses to environmental policy, which takes the form of …. Irreversibility is related to abatement expenses, and movements to a new location. Uncertainty is modelled by Itô stochastic …
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In contrast to the United States, Germany decided to add margin squeeze as a legal offense to German competition law. In response to this, the problems in the gasoline market have caused major debates. This paper examines the pricing strategies by gasoline retailers and discusses the...
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Onlineplattformen spielen zwar für Deutschland bislang eine geringere Rolle als für die USA, dennoch ist absehbar, dass diese Geschäftsmodelle auch hier an Bedeutung gewinnen werden. Vor diesem Hintergrund bewertet dieser Beitrag die vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie im Rahmen...
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