News Archive

17.11.2023

MaCCI Members Contribute to ACE Conference

MaCCI Members Volker Nocke, Helena Perrone, and Kevin Remmy participated in the Annual Conference of the Association of Competition Economics (ACE), which took place from 16-17 November in Edinburgh. Nocke was the academic discussant in the special plenary case session on the Microsoft / Activision…

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16.10.2023

Joshua Gans on Artificial Intelligence and Economics

In our fourth fireside talk, Martin Peitz talked to Joshua Gans (Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto) about his research and experience regarding AI and how AI is likely to change our economies.

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12.10.2023 - 13.10.2023

Researchers Discuss Entrepreneurship at CoDE Conference

The conference comprised numerous presentations on the economics of entrepreneurship and its implications. In their keynote speeches, Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago) and Flora Bellone (Université Cote D`Azur) discussed privatization and firm dynamics in East Germany and the relationship between…

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09.10.2023

Natalia Fabra on War and Climate Change

In our third fireside talk, Martin Peitz talked to Natalia Fabra (Carlos III University) about her research and policy work on electricity markets and how Europe should adapt its energy policy in response to climate change and war.

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13.09.2023

MaCCI Member Joins the Board of the RAND Journal of Economics as Associate Editor

MaCCI Member Nicolas Schutz has become associate editor of the RAND Journal of Economics.

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31.08.2023 - 01.09.2023

Workshop on Frontiers in Empirical Industrial Organization

Researchers gathered in Mannheim for a two-day MaCCI/EPoS workshop on the frontiers in Empirical Industrial Organization. The programme contained diverse topics, covering methodological contributions in demand estimation and industry-focused discussions on key sectors such as automotive and retail.

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15.08.2023

Thirteen MaCCI researchers presented at the EARIE Conference in Rome

This year's annual meeting of EARIE in Rome featured a large number of presentations from MaCCI researchers:

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18.07.2023

International Scholars Discuss Digital Economy at ZEW

On 6 and 7 July 2023, the ZEW Research Unit “Digital Economy” hosted the 21st Conference on the “Economics of Information and Communication…

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07.07.2023

MaCCI Researchers at CRESSE 2023

Five MaCCI researchers, namely, Jacopo Gambato, Nadine Hahn, Martin Peitz, Helena Perrone, and Anton Sobolev, presented recent research findings at the 17th Competition and Regulation Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) in Rhodes. In addition, Martin Peitz taught in the summer school of CRESSE to…

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15.06.2023

MaCCI Member Peitz at the Korean Fair Trade Commission

MaCCI Director Martin Peitz gave a lecture on German competition policy developments regarding Big Tech at the Korean Fair Trade Commission. He also had various exchanges on developments in competition practice in South Korea.

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