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Competition policy reform in Europe and Germany - institutional change in the light of digitization

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2018

The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...

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Standards of proofs in sequential merger control procedures

Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen; Neven, Damien J. - 2018

We model merger control procedures as a process of sequential acquisition of information in which mergers can be cleared after a first phase of investigation. We find that the enforceability of clearance decisions at the end of the first phase is unattractive to the extent that it prevents the...

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Effective European antitrust : does EC merger policy generate deterrence?

Clougherty, Joseph A.; Duso, Tomaso; Lee, Miyu; … - 2016

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Competition policy and sector-specific regulation in the financial sector

Hellwig, Martin - 2018

Reforms of financial regulation after the crisis of 2007-2009 raise the question of what is the relation between financial regulators and competition authorities. Should competition authorities play a role in financial regulation? Should they co-operate with financial regulators? Or should they...

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Mergers in the digital economy

Gautier, Axel; Lamesch, Joe - 2020

Over the period 2015-2017, the five giant technologically leading firms, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (GAFAM) acquired 175 companies, from small start-ups to billion dollar deals. By investigating this intense M&A, this paper ambitions a better understanding of the Big Five's...

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Four cases in sports competition policy: baseball, judo, football, and motor racing

Budzinski, Oliver - 2017

Practices and conducts in professional and even amateur sports can be subject to competition laws as soon as commercial activities are involved. From an economic perspective, this implies that both directly commercial activities like the sale of broadcasting/media rights and indirectly...

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Returns to data : evidence from web tracking

Ullrich, Hannes; Hannane, Jonas; Peukert, Christian; … - 2024

Tracking online user behavior is essential for targeted advertising and is at the heart of the business model of major online platforms. We analyze tracker-specific web browsing data to show how the prediction quality of consumer profiles varies with data size and scope. We find decreasing...

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Wettbewerb als Hypothesentest : Implikationen für die moderne Wettbewerbspolitik?

Budzinski, Oliver - 2024

der Wettbewerbspolitik an. Damit zeigt der Beitrag, dass dynamische Wettbewerbstheorien sehr wohl zu konkreten … Regulierung systemischer Marktmacht in digitalen Ökosystemen, anlassunabhängige Wettbewerbspolitik und sanktionsbewehrte …This paper applies dynamic competition theory to current topics and controversies in competition policy. In doing so …

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(Sports) economics upside down? - a comment on the Advocate General opinion in European Super League versus UEFA/FIFA

Budzinski, Oliver - 2023

difficult search for a convincing theory of harm justifying the brutal enforcement of single-homing by the incumbent (section V). …

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Regulating big tech: from competition policy to sector regulation?

Budzinski, Oliver; Mendelsohn, Juliane - 2022 - Updated October 2022 with the final DMA

The European Commission has proposed a new regulatory tool for the governance of digital markets. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) intents to limit the market behavior of socalled gatekeeper companies to ensure contestable and fair digital markets. We review the provisions of the DMA both from a...

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