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MaCCI Member Nocke at the Annual CRA Brussels Conference
MaCCI Senior Member Volker Nocke participated at the annual CRA Brussels Conference on 6 December 2023. He spoke at a panel on „From more economic approach to which economic approach.“ The other panelists included Paula Blizzard, California‘s Senior Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, and…
read moreMaCCI Member Peitz at Japan Fair Trade Commission and Competition Commission of India
In November, MaCCI Director Martin Peitz visited the Japanese Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) and gave an in-house lecture on “Digital Platforms and Section 19a in the German Competition Law.” In December, he gave a remote lecture on “Competition Economics of Self-Preferencing” at the Competition…
read moreMaCCI Law & Economics Conference on Media Funding
With the move to digital and changing media consumption patterns, traditional funding and content creation face challenges. This year’s MaCCI Law & Economics Conference focused on these issues.
read moreMaCCI 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…
read moreJoshua 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.
read moreResearchers 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…
read moreNatalia 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.
read moreMaCCI 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 moreWorkshop 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.
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:
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