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Gössl, Florian (2015). Essays on competition policy. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This thesis consists of self-contained analyses of three current topics in the field of competition policy. In Chapter 2, the impact of (a reduction of) complexity on welfare in competition cases is analyzed in a setting where asymmetric parties can acquire information to help their case and submit it to the decision-maker. In Chapter 3, the price effects of horizontal mergers as well as the incentives of firms to merge are analyzed in a bidding market. Finally, in Chapter 4, the impact of different pricing schemes on firms’ incentives to collude is analyzed in a differentiated-products market.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Gössl, Florian goessl@wiso.uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-61827
Date:	2015
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Staatswissenschaftliches Seminar
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language competition policy, horizontal mergers, bidding markets, capacity constraints, information acquisition, informational lobbying, collusion, price discrimination, non-linear pricing English
Date of oral exam:	26 May 2015
Referee:	Name Academic Title Wambach, Achim Prof., Ph.D. Gürtler, Oliver Prof. Dr. Münster, Johannes Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/6182