media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine … economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so … concerning? (ii) Would vertical or horizontal integration be more preferable for overall welfare and competition in this industry …

further-reaching political calls for regulation. While Google is currently in the focus of the discussion, the next candidate … market failure. We provide an economic analysis of these allegations based upon economic theory as well as publicly available … economic perspective and, consequently, do not warrant regulation or other drastic interventions (like breaking the company up …

deregulation process. The presence of new players in the markets and changes in demand obliged the existing companies to react … for example. Indeed the enterprises engaged today in these markets existed before the deregulation. Only a small number of … the goals of European Competition Law. In other words it is a delimitated restructuring of energy markets which is subject …

deregulation in January 2013. Using a comprehensive data set of all firm and route entries and exits, we find that the industry … monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … spatial perspective, three years after deregulation, the entire interurban bus network connects 60 percent of all 644 larger …