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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E.CA Compact

Share the risk : access to Next Generation Networks

The telecommunications industry is currently in the midst of a disruptive technological upheaval. Next Generation Networks (NGN) enable higher Internet bandwidths and new applications. However, NGN deployment depends on the conditions under which investors have to grant their competitors access to the new infrastructure. This note describes how E.CA modelled different regulatory regimes for access to NGN and compared the outcomes in terms of consumer welfare.

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Keywords: access regulation, NGA Networks
Papers & reports

Screening and Merger Activity

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Nitsche, Ulrich Soltész, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, issue 11/2012: 408-413.

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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. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, In: Global Competition Litigation Review 1/2008, 1-10.

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On the Effectiveness of Anti-Predation Rules

Rainer Nitsche, WZB 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. Friederiszick, Lars-Hendrik Röller, In: Baudenbacher, C. (Ed.), Neueste Entwicklungen im europäischen und internationalen Kartellrecht. Dreizehntes St. Galler Internationales Kartellrechtsforum, Helbing und Lichtenhahn.

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

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

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Keywords: broadband, investment, regulation