Discussion Papers

Collusion through Joint R&D: An Empirical Assessment (with Lars-Hendrik Röller and Jo Seldeslachts) [Download] (revise and resubmit

 Review of Economics and Statistics)

An Empirical Assessment of the 2004 EU Merger Policy Reform (with Klaus Gugler and Florian Szücs) [Download] (submitted)

Deterrence in Competition Law, WZB Discussion Paper SP II 2009-14 (with Paolo Buccirossi, Lorenzo Ciari, Giancarlo Spagnolo, and Cristiana Vitale) [Download] (under revision)

Towards a Political Economy of Industrial Organization: Empirical Regularities from Deregulation, WZB Discussion Paper FS IV 01-17 (with Lars-Hendrik Röller)

Endogenous Switching Costs and the Incentive for High Quality Entry, WZB Discussion Paper FS IV 99-29.

Merger Policy Evaluation: Where Do We Stand? (with Klaus Gugler and Florian Szücs)

When is it Good to be an Outsider: The Determinants of Rival Firms' Returns (with Joe Clougherty and Klaus Gugler)

The Ex-post Evaluation of Mergers: An Application to Two Retail Markets (with Luca Aguzzoni, Elena Argentesi, Lorenzo Ciari, and Massimo Tognoni)

A Network Study of Joint Ventures (with Albert Banal-Estañol, Jernej Copic, and Jo Seldeslachts)

Technological Progress via Outward-Bound Experiences: M&As as Responses to a Sustained Lack of Productivity Growth (with Lorenzo Ciari, Joe Clougherty, and Jo Seldeslachts)

The One-Child Policy’s Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from China’s CSI 800 (with Jo Seldeslachts )

Deterrence in the EU Merger Policy: 1990-2009 (with Joe Clougherty, Miyu Lee, and Jo Seldeslachts)

A simultaneous Approach to The Political Economy of Deregulation: The Mobile Telecommunications Industry in OECD Countries (with Lars-Hendrik Röller)