Aufsätze in Wettbewerbsökonomik

Abstract

This thesis consists of three essays in the field of competition economics. Chapter 1 contains an essay on resale price maintenance, co-authored by Johannes Muthers, doctoral student at the University of Würzburg. Chapter 2 contains an essay on strategic backward integration, co-authored by Lars-Hendrik Röller and Konrad Stahl. Chapter 3 contains an essay on the design of damage compensations in case of competition law infringements such as price cartels. Each of the three essays is built around a game-theoretical model that is used to analyze how the allocation of rights to profits and control over strategies within a vertical chain influences the market outcome