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....

The current fining practices in single-firm conduct cases rest on shaky grounds and are potentially harmful. Benoît Durand (RBB Economics) & Andreas P. Reindl (Leuphana University)

Case experience and empirical evidence should help to develop further insight into some of the difficult and contentious issues in this area. ( Andreas Reindl)

Die Erhöhung der Benzinpreise findet in der Öffentlichkeit viel Beachtung. Das Bundeskartellamt geht in Deutschland von einem marktbeherrschenden Oligopol der Mineralölgesellschaften aus. Wettbewerbsrechtliche Maßnahmen greifen jedoch nicht, weil der Markt sehr volatil ist und direkte...

The establishment of competitive markets has been one of the cornerstones Hungarian economic policy over the past decade, alongside a successful strategy of attracting foreign investment. Broad statistical measures show no signs of endemically weak domestic competition, though the country’s...

Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in recent years ? with substantial benefits for consumer welfare, productivity and employment. While the general competition legislation and enforcement framework is mostly...

Die Erhöhung der Benzinpreise findet in der Öffentlichkeit viel Beachtung. Das Bundeskartellamt geht in Deutschland von einem marktbeherrschenden Oligopol der Mineralölgesellschaften aus. Wettbewerbsrechtliche Maßnahmen greifen jedoch nicht, weil der Markt sehr volatil ist und direkte...