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The Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) is a research association of ZEW and the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Mannheim. MaCCI strengthens the exchange between researchers of law and economics and, thus, gives impetus in terms of competition policy, regulation, and innovation.
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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.
read moreThirteen 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:
read moreInternational 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…
read moreMaCCI 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…
read moreMaCCI 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.
read moreMaCCI Members Franck and Peitz Experts at German Parliament Hearing on the Eleventh Amendment of the German Competition Act
MaCCI Directors Jens-Uwe Frank and Martin Peitz were two of the eight experts who spoke at the expert hearing of the German parliament on the eleventh amendment of the German Competition Act.
read moreNew Research on Self-Preferencing by Platforms Presented at a MaCCI/EPoS Seminar
On 25 April, Chiara Farronato (Harvard Business School) presented new empirical work documenting that Amazon engages in self-preferencing on its marketplace by systematically favoring its own brands in search results.
read moreWorkshop on Competition and Corporate Law
On 27 and 28 March 2023, MaCCI, in cooperation with Lund University and the University of Strasbourg, hosted a workshop at ZEW on the relationship between competition law and corporate law.
read moreNew Research on Price Competition and Consumers’ Perception of Product Differentiation Presented at a MaCCI/EPoS Seminar
On April 18, Gary Biglaiser (University of Northern Carolina) presented new theoretical work on the interplay between price competition and consumers' perception of product differentiation, with applications to the optimal choice of business model by a dominant platform.
read moreTwelfth MaCCI Annual Conference with a Focus on Antitrust and Digital Platforms
MaCCI hosted its twelfth annual conference on 23–24 March 2023 at ZEW Mannheim. This year’s conference programme consisted of approximately 80 presentations in parallel sessions, two keynote speeches, and a panel discussion. With over 120 participants, this was the largest in-person MaCCI Annual…
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