Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. ZEW-Gründungsreport // 2010

    Jahrgang 10, Nr. 2, Nov. 2010

    • Gründungen: Abwärtstrend gestoppt
    • Die Unternehmergesellschaft: kostengünstige Variante der GmbH
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-078 // 2010

    Do Direct R&D Subsidies Lead to the Monopolization of R&D in the Economy?

    The market for R&D is subject to market failure which leads to an underprovision of R&D from a social point of view. This gives rise for governmental intervention in the market for R&D. For decades, the…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-073 // 2010

    Evaluation of Public R&D Policies: A Cross-country Comparison

    Technological change is an important determinant of long-run productivity which is essential for securing competitiveness both at the firm-level and for the economy as a whole. Public authorities expect that…