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…
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…
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…
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…
Export is an important factor for growth and welfare for small, open economies. Since R&D and innovation are also key factors of growth for an industrialized economy, it is interesting to analyze the…
