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  • Diskussionspapiere 1635 / 2017

    Upstream Monopoly and Downstream Information Sharing

    We analyze a vertical structure with an upstream monopoly and two downstream retailers. Demand is uncertain but each retailer receives an informative private signal about the state of the demand. We construct an incentive compatible and ex ante balanced mechanism which induces the retailers to share their information truthfully. Information sharing can be profitable for the retailers but is likely ...

    2017| Pio Baake, Andreas Harasser
  • Diskussionspapiere 1712 / 2017

    Benchmarks for Emissions Trading – General Principles for Emissions Scope

    Greenhouse gas emission benchmarks are widely implemented as a policy tool, as more countries move to implement carbon pricing mechanisms for industrial emissions. In particular, benchmarks are used to determine the level of free allowance allocation in emission trading schemes, which are distributed as a measure to prevent carbon leakage. This paper analyses how benchmark designs impact firms’ production ...

    2017| Vera Zipperer, Misato Sato, Karsten Neuhoff
  • Diskussionspapiere 1629 / 2016

    Interconnection and Prioritization

    We analyze pricing and competition under paid prioritization within a model of interconnected internet service providers (ISPs), heterogeneous content providers (CPs) and heterogeneous consumers. We show that prioritization is welfare superior to a regime without prioritization (network neutrality) and yields higher incentives for investment in network capacities. As ISPs price discriminate between ...

    2016| Pio Baake, Slobodan Sudaric
  • Research Project

    Support study for the revision of the EU guidelines on state aid for environmental protection and energy (EEAG)

    The European Commission (DG Competition) commissioned an international consortium of DIW Berlin together with E.CA Economics, LEAR, University of East Anglia and Sheppard Mullin with a background study on State aid in the field of environmental protection and energy. The results of the study will support the Commission in the revision of the EU Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection...

    Completed Project| Firms and Markets, Climate Policy
  • Diskussionspapiere 1835 / 2019

    The Effect of a Leniency Rule on Cartel Formation and Stability: Experiments with Open Communication

    Cartels can severely harm social welfare. Competition authorities introduced leniency rules to destabilize existing cartels and hinder the formation of new ones. Empirically, it is difficult to judge the success of these measures because functioning cartels are unobservable. Existing experimental studies confirm that a leniency rule indeed reduces cartelization. We extend these studies by having a ...

    2019| Maximilian Andres, Lisa Bruttel, Jana Friedrichsen
  • DIW Weekly Report 16/17/18 / 2019

    Competitiveness and Convergence: Trade, Merger Control, Industry, and Innovation: Reports

    2019| Tomaso Duso, Martin Gornig, Alexander S. Kritikos, Malte Rieth, Axel Werwatz
  • Diskussionspapiere 1782 / 2019

    Global Futures of Energy, Climate, and Policy: Qualitative and Quantitative Foresight towards 2055

    Existing long-term energy and climate scenarios are typically a rather simple extrapolation of past trends. Both qualitative and quantitative outlooks co-exist, but they often focus narrowly on individual perspectives, which is opposed to the interlinked and complex nature of energy and climate. Therefore, this study presents a set of novel and multidisciplinary narratives that give insight into four ...

    2019| Dawud Ansari, Franziska Holz, Hasan Basri Tosun
  • Research Project

    Evaluation support study on the EU rules on State aid for access to finance for SMEs

    As part of the evaluation process of the current State aid rules, the European Commission has awarded to the consortium of Lear, DIW Berlin, and Sheppard Mullin, a specific contract to carry out a study of the EU rules for State aid facilitating access to finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). These rules comprise the Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments (RFG) and...

    Completed Project| Firms and Markets
  • Research Project

    Retrospective evaluation support study: the Guidelines on Regional State Aid for 2014-2020

    In January 2019, the European Commission (“Commission”) launched the evaluation of its State aid rules that were adopted as part of the State aid Modernisation. The evaluation aims to verify if the rules delivered the desired results to European citizens and businesses at a minimum cost and if they are still fit for purpose. Within this process, the Commission entrusted a consortium of...

    Completed Project| Firms and Markets
  • Research Project

    Support study for the evaluation of the rules for operating aid under the EU aviation framework applicable as of 2014

    As part of the evaluation process of the current State aid rules, the European Commission has awarded to the consortium of Lear, DIW Berlin, and Sheppard Mullin, a specific contract to carry out a study to support its evaluation of the rules regarding access of airports to operating aid under the EU Aviation Framework applicable as of 2014 (2014 Aviation Guidelines or the Guidelines). The study...

    Completed Project| Firms and Markets
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