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Klappentext Shows what the increasingly important field of experimental economics can bring to the theory and practice of competition policy. Zusammenfassung Economists have begun to make much greater use of experimental methods in their research. This collection surveys these methods and shows how they can help us to understand firm behaviour in relation to various forms of competition policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Jeroen Hinloopen and Hans-Theo Normann; Part I: 2. Experimental results on collusion: the role of information and communication Marco A. Haan, Lambert Schoonbeek and Barbara M. Winkel; 3. Transparency about past, present and future conduct: experimental evidence on the impact on competitiveness J. Potters; 4. Collusion in growing and shrinking markets: experimental evidence from experimental duopolies Klaus Abbink and Jordi Brandts; 5. The effect of price ceilings in experimental posted-offer markets Hans-Theo Normann and Dirk Engelmann; Part II: 6. Experiments on abuse of a dominant position Eric van Damme, L. Hancher, Pierre Larouche and Wieland Müller; 7. Buyer power Bradley Ruffle; Part III: 8. Experiments on changes in market structure and their effect on performance Lorenz Götte and Armin Schmutzler; 9. Mergers in Stackelberg markets: an experimental study Steffen Huck; Part IV: 10. Making uncompetitive auctions competitive: a survey of experiments Theo Offerman and Sandler Onderstal; 11. Investment incentives in auctions: an experiment Veronika Grimm, Friederike Mengel, Giovanna Ponti and Lari Arthur Viianto; 12. Experiments and the practice of competition policy Jeroen Hinloopen and Hans-Theo Normann; Index.
