1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-084 // 2010

    Fighting Hard Core Cartels

    The paper provides a comprehensive survey of the economics behind the fight against hard core cartels. Following an introductory section, Section 2 focuses on the characterisation and rationalisation of the term…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-083 // 2010

    Airline Alliances, Antitrust Immunity and Market Foreclosure

    The development of international airline markets has led to the dominance of three global airline alliances - Star, SkyTeam and oneworld. As part of an overall assessment of the competitive effects of such…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-082 // 2010

    Predation Enforcement Options: An Evaluation Using a Cournot Framework

    From a competition policy perspective, predatory behaviour ('predation') has always been a rather controversial issue. For example, while some commentators doubt that such forms of behaviour play a significant…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-081 // 2010

    A Methodology for the Evaluation of Competition Policy

    The last couple of years have seen an increasing interest in the evaluation of competition policy. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the UK, for instance, recently started to estimate the 'positive impact' of…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-080 // 2010

    Antitrust Immunity for Airline Alliances

    The market developments in international air transportation have led to the dominance of three global airline alliances - Star, SkyTeam and oneworld. At the same time, members of these alliances receive…

  6. ZEW-Gründungsreport // 2010

    Jahrgang 10, Nr. 2, Nov. 2010

    • Gründungen: Abwärtstrend gestoppt
    • Die Unternehmergesellschaft: kostengünstige Variante der GmbH
  7. Refereed Journal // 2010

    Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Säuglingsalter, Familienumgebung und Entwicklung früher kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten: eine prospektive Studie

    This study examines to which extent the quality of mother-child interaction during infancy can predict cognitive (IQ) and noncognitive skills (persistence) until pre-school age using data from the Mannheim Study…

  8. Financial Market Report CEE // 2010

    November 2010

    • Inclusion of Turkey into the Survey for Central and Eastern Europe
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Increasing Interest Rates Expected
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Cautious Evaluation of the Situation
    • Turkey…