This paper empirically analyses the impact of government ownership on competition in monopoly and duopoly markets. We use the European Airline Industry as a laboratory. In our empirical strategy we exploit two sources of exogenous variations that allow us to cleanly filter out the effect of government ownership on the likelihood of exit. First, we study government ownership that was triggered by a...
Antibiotics are effective in treating bacterial infections. However, the excessive usage of antibiotics leads to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which significantly reduces their effectiveness. Current strategies to address antibiotic resistance mainly target primary care physicians, who serve as the gatekeepers of antibiotic prescriptions in many countries. Therefore, it is...
Die AfD ist im Jahr 2018 erstmals in allen deutschen Landesparlamenten vertreten. Dies ist ein Erfolg, der bisher keiner Partei rechts der Union gelungen ist. Der schnelle Aufstieg der AfD wird vielfach als Symptom einer neuen gesellschaftlichen Polarisierung gedeutet, und die Frage nach den Gründen für die Wahlerfolge dementsprechend vor allem hinsichtlich aktueller ökonomischer sowie sozialer Entwicklungen ...
