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We analyze optimal income taxes with deductions for work-related or consumptive goods. We consider two cases. In the first case (called a complex tax system) the tax authorities can exactly distinguish between consumptive and work-related expenditures. In the second case (called a simple tax...
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We analyze the effects of accidents and liability obligations on the incentives of car manufacturers to monopolize the markets for their spare parts. We show that monopolized markets for spare parts lead to higher overall expenditures for consumers. Furthermore, while the manufacturers invest...
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Im Dezember vergangenen Jahres hat das Europäische Parlament einer Vorlage der Europäischen Kommission zugestimmt, wonach die Schutzrechte für das Design von Auto-Ersatzteilen eingeschränkt werden sollen. Für Ersatzteile, deren Design maßgeblich für ihre Funktionalität oder ihr äußeres...
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Der in Gang befindliche Übergang von den klassischen Telekommunikationsnetzen zu "Next Generation Networks" bietet zwar hohe Innovationspotenziale, es besteht aber auch die Gefahr, dass marktmächtige Netzbetreiber ihre dominanten Positionen auf die bisher wettbewerblichen Märkte für...
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We present a model with firms selling (homogeneous) products in two imperfectly segmented markets (a "high-demand" and a "low-demand" market). Buyers are mobile but restricted by transportation costs, so that imperfect arbitrage occurs when prices differ in both markets. We show that equilibria...
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