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ProMarket @promarket.bsky.social · 25d

NEW: @tomasoduso.bsky.social, Joseph Harrington, Carl Kreuzberg (@diw.de), and Geza Sapi (@ec.europa.eu) demonstrate how their screening tool can aid antitrust authorities in identifying potential collusion between firms through public communications.

How Firms Use Public Communication to Collude and What Regulators Can Do About It - ProMarket

In new research, Tomaso Duso, Joseph Harrington, Carl Kreuzberg, and Geza Sapi demonstrate how their screening tool can aid antitrust authorities in identifying potential collusion between firms through public communications.

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Sep 9

"Die Strafe ist gerechtfertigt, wird aber allein nicht reichen. Missbrauch muss wirksam gestoppt werden." – DIW-Wettbewerbsexperte @tomasoduso.bsky.social kommentiert in der @faznet.bsky.social das jüngst von der EU-Kommission verhängte 3-Milliarden-Bußgeld für Google. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

DIW Berlin: Ein Zeichen gegen Big Tech

Doch der Weg ist lang. Mit ihrer Milliardenbuße gegen Google hat die EU-Kommission ein Zeichen gesetzt: Europa ist entschlossen, seine Wettbewerbsregeln konsequent durchzusetzen. Dies ist ein wichtige...

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Sep 4

LKW, Zucker, Bier – die Geschichte illegaler Unternehmensabsprachen in Deutschland zieht sich durch eine vielfältige Produktpalette. Weshalb Verbraucher*innen in der Regel wenig von Kartellen und Monopolen haben, erklärt @tomasoduso.bsky.social im Interview: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

"Der Staat muss eingreifen, um Marktmacht zu begrenzen" - Tomaso Duso über Wettbewerb und Monopole

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Sep 3

"Wie viel Marktmacht sind wir bereit zu akzeptieren – und zu welchem Preis für Wettbewerb, Innovation und Demokratie?" –DIW-Wettbewerbsexperte @tomasoduso.bsky.social sieht das milde Urteil im Google-Kartellverfahren kritisch.
Zum Statement: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Statement von DIW-Wettbewerbsexperte Tomaso Duso: "Statt sich zurückzuhalten, sollte die EU-Kommission mutig vorangehen und den digitalen Markt fairer gestalten. Die Zeit zu handeln ist jetzt."

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Rupprecht Podszun @podszun.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The protection of #competition must not become a pawn of the Trump administration," the Monopolies Commission chairman @tomasoduso.bsky.social said in a statement on the Google AdTech case. Indeed! 🖖🏼
@fooyunchee.bsky.social

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Google adtech fine on hold as EU awaits lower US car duties, sources say

EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet's Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Aug 19

Wie Sport braucht auch der Markt Regeln und "Schiedsrichter". Die Abteilung Unternehmen & Märkte am DIW Berlin erforscht, wie solche Regeln wirken & wie der Staat effektive Wettbewerbsbedingungen schaffen kann. @tomasoduso.bsky.social & @hannesullrich.com stellen sie vor: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

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Intereconomics @intereconomics.bsky.social · Aug 14

The article by @tomasoduso.bsky.social, Martin Gornig and Alexander Schiersch argues that Europe’s long-term competitiveness depends on targeted investments in innovative technologies while avoiding market-distorting subsidies and inefficient financial support.
www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...

For a Strategic, European and Competition-Oriented Industrial Policy

Intereconomics is an academic journal that publishes articles by experts on current economic and social policy issues affecting Europe.

www.intereconomics.eu

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Rudi Bachmann @bachmannrudi.bsky.social · Jul 29

Wer sich fuer die Praesentationen der Konferenz "Economy and Power" letzte Woche am @euckeninstitut.bsky.social interessiert - die sind jetzt online (Link im naechsten Tweet). Meine Praesentation zu "Quo vadis, USA?" ist dabei, aber auch die von @tomasoduso.bsky.social dazu, wie man smart

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Intereconomics @intereconomics.bsky.social · Jul 23

The July/August issue is out now, w/ articles by @sandertordoir.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @guntramwolff.bsky.social, @steinbacharmin.bsky.social‬ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @tomasoduso.bsky.social @ilianos.bsky.social et al.
Read the full issue at www.intereconomics.eu/archive/year...

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · Jul 16

Seit letztem Sommer untersuchen wir verschiedene Lieferketten vertieft – Milch, Fleisch, Getreide.
Im Oktober veröffentlichen wir ein Sondergutachten mit neuen Daten, Trends, Analysen und evidenzbasierten Empfehlungen.

#Lebensmittelpreise #Lieferketten #UTPRichtlinie #Kartellrecht

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · Jul 16

In unserem Hauptgutachten 2024 (www.monopolkommission.de/de/gutachten...) haben wir festgestellt:

➡️ Preisaufschläge für Landwirt:innen gesunken, ihre Position in der Lieferkette hat sich verschlechtert
➡️ Hersteller & Handel gewinnen an Einfluss
➡️ Politische Maßnahmen bisher kaum wirksam

Hauptgutachten XXV: Wettbewerb 2024 – Monopolkommission

Monopolkommission

www.monopolkommission.de

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · Jul 16

In der neuen ZDF-Doku über #Lebensmittelpreise geht es um Machtverschiebungen in der Versorgungskette – und ich durfte einige Einschätzungen teilen.
🔗 www.zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/s...

Die #Monopolkommission beschäftigt sich seit zwei Jahren mit genau diesen Fragen.

30.000 Kassenzettel zeigen: So teuer sind Lebensmittel bei Rewe, Edeka, Aldi und Lidl wirklich

In Deutschland werden Lebensmittel beim Einkaufen teurer. Wie es zu den hohen Preisen im Supermarkt kommt und was Verbraucher wissen sollten.

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Robin Sogalla @rsogalla.bsky.social · Jul 9

New WP:
"𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨"
📄 www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
👥 Till Köveker, Philipp Richter and Alexander Schiersch

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DIW Berlin: Clean Production, Dirty Sourcing: How Embodied Emissions Alter the Environmental Footprint of Exporters

This paper revisits the exporter’s environmental premium (EEP) by incorporating emissions embodied in domestically and internationally sourced intermediate inputs. Combining administrative firm-level ...

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Jul 9

Forthcoming article by @tomasoduso.bsky.social Mattia Nardotto and Jo Seldeslachts "A Retrospective Study of State Aid Control in the German Broadband Market" @eeanews.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

A Retrospective Study of State aid Control in the German Broadband Market

Abstract. We provide an evaluation of the impact of German public subsidy schemes in municipalities of Bavaria and Lower Saxony aimed at supporting the dep

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DIW Berlin @diw.de · Jun 16

„Mit dem geplanten #Sondervermögen Infrastruktur hat Deutschland eine historische Chance, die #Bahn grundlegend zu erneuern. Aber Geld alleine reicht nicht aus“, sagt DIW-Forscher und Experte für Wettbewerbspolitik @tomasoduso.bsky.social. Sein Statement dazu: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Jun 16

⭐Join us online for a high-level debate on merger control in Europe
Featuring E Tarantino, S Athey, @janeeckhout.bsky.social, P Heidhues, F Ederer, @tomasoduso.bsky.social
Moderator: @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social
14 July @ 17:00 CEST
cepr.org/events/updat...
@tomvalletti.bsky.social

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Jun 13

Targeted support for micro and small #firms during the #pandemic increased revenues and investment but had little impact on medium and large firms' performance.
G Canzian, E Crivellaro, @tomasoduso.bsky.social, A Rita Ferrara, A Sasso, S Verzillo
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky

Graph of the effect of receiving COVID-19 aid on firm's turnover, by size, in Spain and Italy. Micro-firms were helped more than medium and large firms.

The unprecedented wave of state aid to firms across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic raised questions about who benefited and how effective these interventions were. This column uses firm-level data from Spain and Italy – two of the countries worst affected by the pandemic – to evaluate the economic impact of aid. Targeted support for micro and small firms increased revenues and investment but had little impact on medium and large firms’ performance. Crisis support should focus on the most vulnerable businesses, and broad subsidies to large firms scrutinised.

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Rupprecht Podszun @podszun.bsky.social · May 22

EU #defence procurement is high on the agenda these days 🇪🇺. Let‘s design procedures & mechanisms so that #competition & innovation are fostered, not stifled. Our Monopolies Commission letter to @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu & @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu: monopolkommission.de/en/

News - Monopolkommission

Monopolkommission

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · May 7

📖 Full results available here 👉 cepr.org/publications...

📝 And a policy brief in German 👉 tinyurl.com/4hupnkht

#CompetitionPolicy #StateAid #COVID19 #SMEs #CrisisManagement #CleanIndustrialDeal #JRC

@diw.de

DP20172 The Impact of Financial Support to Firms During Crises: The Case of Covid Aid in the EU

The Covid-19 pandemic caused a global economic crisis, leading governments to provide substantial State Aid to support firms. This paper examines the effectiveness of Covid-related financial support in Spain and Italy, focusing on its impact on firm recovery. Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) approach combined with propensity score weighting, it compares outcomes of similar firms receiving aid to those without. The results show significant benefits for micro-firms, including mitigated turnover declines and increased investments in both tangible and intangible assets. The findings highlight the critical role of government support in business survival and recovery, especially for SMEs, during the pandemic.

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · May 7

Temporary, targeted support for micro & small firms strengthens economic resilience. However, extending subsidies to large firms should be critically reassessed especially with the EU’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal, as aid has limited effectiveness for them while risk of market distortions rises.

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · May 7

We also find that micro and small enterprises significantly increased their investments in tangible and especially intangible assets, i.e. they used the aid to improve their digitalisation.

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · May 7

We focus on Spain and Italy, two hard hit economies with extensive aid programmes. We use a diff-in-diff methodology with propensity score matching and find that micro & small firms had significantly higher revenues compared to a control group 2 years after the pandemic, but medium & large firms not

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · May 7

Between 2019 and 2022, EU Member States will grant more than €1 trillion in state aid, much of it to support businesses through the pandemic, with large differences between Member States in both the amount and intensity of aid relative to GDP.

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Tomaso Duso @tomasoduso.bsky.social · May 7

How effectively did public support reach companies during the #COVID-19 pandemic? Building on earlier work for the European Commission, our latest study shows: In Spain and Italy COVID aid was highly effective for micro and small enterprises but not for medium and large.