Germain Gaudin

University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences

Freiburg, D-79085

Germany

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Scholarly Papers (15)

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On the Antitrust Economics of the Electronic Books Industry

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2014
Germain Gaudin and Alexander White
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
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Electronic Books, Antitrust in High-Tech Industries, Vertical Contracting, Wholesale vs. Agency Agreements, Media Economics

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Citation 20

Streaming Platform and Strategic Recommendation Bias

CESifo Working Paper No. 7390
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Feb 2019
Marc Bourreau and Germain Gaudin
Telecom ParisTech and University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
Downloads 439 (134,163)
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streaming platform, recommendation system, personalization, bias

Streaming Platform and Strategic Recommendation Bias

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2021
Marc Bourreau and Germain Gaudin
Telecom ParisTech and University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
Downloads 394 (152,158)
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Streaming Platform, Recommendation System, Personalization, Bias

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Dynamic Entry and Investment in New Infrastructures: Empirical Evidence from the Fixed Broadband Industry

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2013
Maya Bacache, Marc Bourreau and Germain Gaudin
Télécom Paris, Telecom ParisTech and University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Access Regulation, Investment, Next Generation Access Networks, Telecommunications

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Ex-Ante Margin Squeeze Tests in the Telecommunications Industry: What Is a Reasonably Efficient Operator?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2013
Germain Gaudin and Claudia Saavedra
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and Regulatory Affairs - Orange
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Margin squeeze, Imputation test, Regulation, Telecommunications

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Unit vs. Ad Valorem Taxes under Revenue Maximization

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 May 2014 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2014
Germain Gaudin and Alexander White
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
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Commodity Taxation, Unit Tax, Ad Valorem Tax, Tax Shifting, Pass-Through, Revenue-Maximizing Government, Imperfect Competition

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Vertical Bargaining and Retail Competition: What Drives Countervailing Power?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2017
Germain Gaudin
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Citation 21

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Countervailing buyer power, Bilateral oligopoly, Vertical relations, Bargaining, Pass-through, Market concentration, Mergers, Entry, Exit

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Vertical Agreements and User Access

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Dec 2018
Germain Gaudin and Alexander White
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
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Platforms, User Access, Per-Unit vs. Proportional Fees, Wholesale vs. Agency Agreements, Unit vs. Ad Valorem Taxation, Antitrust

Vertical Agreements and User Access

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 328-371, Aug. 2021, DOI: 10.1257/mic.20180339
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2021
Germain Gaudin and Alexander White
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
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Platforms, User Access, Per-Unit vs. Proportional Fees, Wholesale vs. Agency Agreements, Unit vs. Ad Valorem Taxation, Antitrust

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Quality and Imperfect Competition

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2024
Germain Gaudin
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
Downloads 324 (190,258)
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Quality, Imperfect competition, Distortions, Technology shock, Incidence, Market concentration.

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Vertical Relations, Opportunism, and Welfare

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2018
Germain Gaudin
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
Downloads 308 (200,895)
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Vertical relations, Opportunism, Secret contracts, Passive beliefs, Wary beliefs, Information exchange.

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Pass-Through, Vertical Contracts, and Bargains

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2015
Germain Gaudin
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Pass-through, Exchange Rate, Vertical contracting, Bargaining

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Input Price Discrimination, Demand Forms, and Welfare

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Germain Gaudin and Romain Lestage
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and East China University of Science and Technology
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Price discrimination, Input markets, Vertical relations, Demand curvature, Pass-through rate

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Antitrust Damages, Consumer Harm, and Consumer Collective Redress

Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2020
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2022
Germain Gaudin and Franziska Weber
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Law, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics
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competition law violations, consumer harm, lost consumption effect, immaterial loss, collective redress

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Merger of Complements: Empirical Evidence from the Eyewear Industry

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Dec 2024
Germain Gaudin and Niklas Nagel
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Mergers, Conglomerate mergers, Complementary products, Cournot effect, Double marginalization

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Secret Wholesale Contracts with Buybacks

Number of pages: 38
Germain Gaudin
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Channels, Buybacks, Competition, Secret vs. public contracts, Disclosure

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Margin Squeeze: An Above-Cost Predatory Pricing Approach

Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 12(1) (2016), pp. 151-179. (Open Access)
Posted: 24 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2016
Germain Gaudin and Despoina Mantzari
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences and University College London - Faculty of Laws

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Margin squeeze, Predatory pricing, Price-cost test, Abuse of dominance

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 37
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Web Appendix to 'Vertical Relations, Opportunism, and Welfare'

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2018
Germain Gaudin
University of Freiburg - College of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Vertical Relations, Opportunism, Secret Contracts, Passive Beliefs, Wary Beliefs