Aktuelle Projekte

The recognition of sustainability within a competition law regime that rests on the consumer welfare paradigm has become a key challenge for a greener economy...

Common ownership of portfolio companies has become a major interest for policy makers and regulators. TRIDEA research deals with the implications of this phenomenon for antitrust analysis...

The dealings with algorithmic collusion and platform related theories of harm in competition analysis gains momentum. TRIDEA is involved in conceptualizing ways of how to balance potential harm and efficiencies in those cases within the existing legal framework...

The creation and protection of internationally viable and dominant firms, viz. national champions, is a matter of constant debate within the EU and across the Atlantic as well as in China and other countries of the world. While consensus has been reached on many subjects of the global commercial order, such as the stability of financial markets, a transparent and fair tax regime, as well as workable competition, there is no clearly prevailing line of thought on the welfare effects of national champions...

For several years now, concerns about tax avoidance and tax evasion have ranked high on the political agenda of many industrialized countries. Economic globalization has increased possibilities for multinationals to shift profits to low tax jurisdictions, in particular via intra-group transfers and the exploitation of inconsistencies between national tax systems. Public opinion about the moral implications of avoiding taxation seems to have shifted, with regard to individuals as much as with regard to business entities...

Since the global financial crisis of 2007-9, international standard-setters, legislators and regulators world-wide have engaged in a major overhaul of the pre-crisis regulatory framework for banks, insurance and investment companies, and securities markets. TRIDEA examines the role of law and regulations in creating resilient, sustainable banking and securities markets, with a strong focus on the on-going regulation and restructuring regimes for banks, non-bank financial institutions, and financial market infrastructures...