Damit das deutsche Sondervermögen für Infrastrukturinvestitionen und die geplante höhere Verteidigungsausgabe wirken können, müssen die Mittel wettbewerbs- und innovationsorientiert eingesetzt werden. Dafür ist ein Paradigmenwechsel in der öffentlichen Beschaffung nötig: weg von starren, bürokratischen Verfahren, hin zu offenen, effizienten und digitalisierten Vergabeprozessen, die den Wettbewerb und ...
The competitiveness of German industry is under significant pressure. While politiciansacknowledge the need for change, their proposed solutions remain vague and lack a clearstrategic direction. Current approaches focus on tax relief, broad investment subsidies fordomestic firms or targeted cost reductions, such as lower electricity prices. While thesemeasures may improve production conditions, they ...
This article, part of our special On-Topic series on "A New Agenda for Growth: The Draghi Report and Competition Policy,"discusses the Draghi report’s assessment of European telecom markets, questioning its claims of underperformance and its recommendations for increased consolidation. It argues that easing merger control could harm competition and investment while highlighting positive proposals, ...
The European Union's economy is at a crossroads, facing challenges that threaten its competitiveness, long-term growth, and security. Despite a strong industrial base and high potential in innovation-driven sectors, the EU has yet to fully capitalise on its strengths.
The article explores the effectiveness of divestitures as a remedy for upstream horizontal mergers in vertically related markets. We argue that competition authorities ignoring the asymmetric bargaining power between upstream and downstream firms when assessing the choice of the buyer of the divested brands is likely to implement an inadequate policy. First, a small buyer with high bargaining power ...
