KPN is the incumbent telecom operator in the Netherlands, operating in the fixed-line and mobile markets. It has maintained a stable market share during the past decade in broadband, where it shares ...
Brandeis (1914) hypothesized that firms with market power will also attempt to gain political power. To explore this hypothesis empirically, we combine data on mergers with data on lobbying ...
You harass them to death.” This is what happens in an oligopoly. While the U.S. used to have scores of airlines competing against each other on schedules, deregulation’s mergers have left us ...
Australians owe $2.3 trillion in mortgage debt, three-quarters of which is owed to the Big Four banks, a cosy oligopoly stifling competition and keeping mortgage costs high. Harry Chemay concludes our ...