We consider a model with two firms operating their individual networks. Each firm can choose its price as well as its investment to build up its network. Assuming a skewed distribution of consumers, our model leads to an asymmetric market structure with one firm choosing higher investments....

This paper examines how delivery tariffs and private quality standards are determined in vertical relations that are subject to asymmetric information. We consider an infinitely repeated game where an upstream firm sells a product to a downstream firm. In each period, the firms negotiate a...

Die letzten beiden Gesundheitsreformen (GKV-WSG, GKVOrg-WG) hatten das Ziel, den Wettbewerb im Gesundheitswesen zu stärken. Als zentraler Bestandteil ist ein neues Selektivvertragssystem eingeführt worden, welches das Kollektivsystem zumindest teilweise ablöst. Im Beitrag wird zunächst...