The effects of the block exemption regulation reform on the Swiss car market

Nina Leheyda (), Patrick Beschorner and Kai Hüschelrath
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Kai Hueschelrath

No 11-034, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: In 2002, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) introduced a Notice on the Competitive Treatment of Vertical Restraints in Automobile Trade ('Car Notice'). The objective of the Car Notice has been to strengthen competition in the Swiss car market, in particular by avoiding price-fixing practices and market foreclosure and stimulating intrabrand competition in the market for new car sales and competition in the service market. Based on a survey conducted among Swiss car market players, we find that the Car Notice only had a slight impact on competition in the Swiss car market. Although some changes have been identified, they typically cannot solely be explained by the impact of the Car Notice but rather result from general market developments that have led to stronger competition in Switzerland.

Keywords: vertical agreements; automobile market; multibranding; intrabrand competition; interbrand competition; ex-post evaluation of competition policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K21 L42 L62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-com, nep-hme, nep-law and nep-reg
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