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Externe Monographien
This study evaluates the appropriateness of some merger decisions undertaken by the Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) in the Dutch grocery shopping sector. We analyze three related merger decisions published between 2009 and 2012 and involving major supermarket chains.We conduct both a qualitative and a quantitative analysis and examine the effect of the mergers on different dimension of competition: ...
Rome:
LEAR,
2015,
VII, 111 S.
| Elena Argentesi, Paolo Buccirossi, Roberto Cervone, Tomaso Duso, Alessia Marrazzo
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
We consider the impact of a regulatory process forcing an incumbent telecom operator to make its local broadband network available to other companies (local loop unbundling, or LLU). Entrants are then able to upgrade their individual lines and offer Internet services directly to customers. Employing a very detailed data set covering the whole of the United Kingdom, we find that, over the course of ...
In:
Journal of the European Economic Association
13 (2015), 2, S. 330-362
| Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso Valletti, Frank Verboven
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Diskussionspapiere 1512 / 2015
We analyze the effects of an incentive based regulatory scheme with revenue caps on the investment behaviors and decisions of 109 electricity distribution companies operating in Germany in 2006-2012. We hypothesize that Germany's implementation of incentive regulation in 2009 has a negative impact on total investment, and that firms increase their investments in the base year. We build a model that ...
2015| Astrid Cullmann, Maria Nieswand
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Externe Monographien
In this paper we reflect on the debate that took place during the OECD’s “Capacity building workshop on ex-post evaluation of competition authorities’ enforcement decisions.” The purpose is to elaborate on the general discussion that emerged during the workshop, to highlight our opinions on the various topics touched upon, as well as to provide a synthesis of the different views expressed by the delegates. ...
Paris:
OECD,
2015,
21 S
(Working Party on Competition and Regulation ; 2)
| Tomaso Duso, Peter Ormosi
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Diskussionspapiere 1460 / 2015
We analyze a client's choice of contract in auctions where Dutch law firms compete for cases. The distinguishing feature is that lawyers may submit bids with any fee arrangement they prefer: an hourly rate, a fixed fee or a \mixed fee," which is a time-capped fixed fee plus an hourly rate for any additional hours should the case take longer than expected. This format of selling legal services is unusual ...
2015| Flóra Felsö, Sander Onderstal, Jo Seldeslachts
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DIW Wochenbericht 6 / 2015
Seit Anfang 2009 unterliegt die Energieversorgung in Deutschland der Anreizregulierung, durch die ein effizienter Betrieb von Strom- und Gasnetzen sichergestellt werden soll. Unklar ist allerdings, wie sich die veränderten regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen auf das Investitionsverhalten der Netzbetreiber auswirken. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird in der vorliegenden Untersuchung die Investitionstätigkeit ...
2015| Astrid Cullmann, Nicola Dehnen, Maria Nieswand, Ferdinand Pavel
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DIW Economic Bulletin 6 / 2015
Since early 2009, electricity and gas distribution in Germany has been subject to incentive regulation designed to ensure greater efficiency in electricity and gas grid operation. However, it remains to be seen how changes to the regulatory framework will affect the investment behavior of distribution system operators. Against this background, the present study empirically analyzes the investment activities ...
2015| Astrid Cullmann, Nicola Dehnen, Maria Nieswand, Ferdinand Pavel
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
We propose a merchant-regulatory framework to promote investment in the European natural gas network infrastructure based on a price cap over two-part tariffs. As suggested by Vogelsang (J Regul Econ 20:141–165, 2001) and Hogan et al. (J Regul Econ38:113–143, 2010), a profit maximizing network operator facing this regulatory constraint will intertemporally rebalance the variable and fixed part of its ...
In:
Networks and Spatial Economics
15 (2015), 1, 149-181
| Anne Neumann, Juan Rosellón, Hannes Weigt
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DIW Roundup 54 / 2015
Seit Anfang 2009 unterliegt die leitungsgebundene Energieversorgung in Deutschland der Anreizregulierung, durch die ein effizienter Betrieb von Strom und Gasnetzen sichergestellt werden soll. Unklar ist allerdings, inwieweit die Anreizregulierung sich auf Investitionen in Ersatz und Ausbau der Netze auswirkt. Der massive Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien, eine verstärkte dezentrale Erzeugung und die ...
2015| Astrid Cullmann, Maria Nieswand
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Forschungsprojekt
Forschung, Entwicklung (FuE) und Innovation gelten in entwickelten Volkswirtschaften als entscheidende Determinanten der internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, der Produktivitätsentwicklung und des Wirtschaftswachstums. Das DIW Berlin untersucht im Auftrag der KfW die Wirkung von FuE auf das Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland und weiteren OECD-Ländern in den letzten Jahrzehnten. Dazu werden die...
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