Publications

E.CA Economists publish regularly in academic journals, competition and regulation journals and the more popular business press. We speak frequently at conferences, workshops and symposiums.

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Papers & reports

Screening and Merger Activity

Rainer NitscheAlbert Banal-Estanol, Jo Seldeslachts, Journal of Industrial Economics 58 (4):794-817.

Keywords: merger
Papers & reports

Railway Alliances in EC Long-Distance Passenger Transport: A Competitive Assessment Post-Liberalization 2010

Hans W. FriederiszickTseveen Gantumur, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Jens Weinmann, Rajshri Jayaraman, ESMT No. WP-109-01.

Keywords: liberalisation, railways, regulation
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Quantification of harm to competition by national courts and competition agencies

Hans W. FriederiszickElisabeth Fugger, Background note for the OECD Secretariat to the Competition Committee (FR & EN).

Keywords: OECD, quantification of harm
E.CA Compact

Predicting the future: How pricing regulation affects drug development

In an effort to contain healthcare costs, governments around the world are imposing increasingly stricter pricing and reimbursement conditions in particular one “me-too” medicines. We study the consequences that this may have on pharmaceutical innovation in the context of a dynamic model of drug development. Our simulations show that the negative effects of price regulation on drug development are economically significant.

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Keywords: innovation, price regulation
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Owner Effect and Sunk Investments

Rainer NitscheUlrich Soltész, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, issue 11/2012: 408-413.

Keywords: owner effect, sunk investments
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Overcharge Estimations in Cartel Cases – Lessons Learned from a Recent Judgment on the German Paper Wholesaler Cartel

Hans W. FriederiszickLars-Hendrik Röller, In: Global Competition Litigation Review 1/2008, 1-10.

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On the Effectiveness of Anti-Predation Rules

Rainer NitscheWZB Discussion Paper FS IV 02-12, 2002.

Keywords: anti-predation, rules
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Ökonomische Analyse in der EU Wettbewerbspolitik. Ein erstes Resümee

Hans W. FriederiszickLars-Hendrik Röller, In: Baudenbacher, C. (Ed.), Neueste Entwicklungen im europäischen und internationalen Kartellrecht. Dreizehntes St. Galler Internationales Kartellrechtsforum, Helbing und Lichtenhahn.

Keywords: competition policy
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NGA: Access Regulation, Investment, and Welfare. A Model Based Comparative Analysis

Rainer NitscheLars Wiethaus, ESMT White Paper No. WP-110-02.

Keywords: broadband, investment, regulation
E.CA Compact

Mixed bundling in merger control

Many Article 102 TFEU cases have shown that the analysis of exclusionary behaviour is tricky – even after the conduct has taken place. The analysis of conglomerate effects such as tying and bundling in merger control is even more challenging: it requires analysing the potential harm from an ex ante perspective. This note considers the question of anti-competitive effects of mixed bundling in a merger of two regional newspapers as an example. It shows a simple technique based on advertising expenditure data that identifies a limited set of potentially harmed competitors.

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Keywords: Art. 102 TFEU, merger