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7th MaCCI Law and Economics Conference

On November 6 and 7, 2017, the 7th MaCCI Law and Economics Conference took place at the ZEW in Mannheim. This year the topic was big data. The conference featured a keynote speech of Josef Drexl (MPI Munich), an invited lecture by Alice Hutchings (University of Cambridge), and four panel…

MaCCI Board Members Peitz and Wambach at the Inaugural Meeting of the Work Group Competition Economics at the German Cartel Office

MaCCI members Martin Peitz and Achim Wambach were invited to the new working group on competition economics at the German Cartel Office, Germany’s competition authority. In a one-day event, they discussed recent decisions by the German Cartel Office, together with seven other economists from…

MaCCI Workshop with German Ministry for Economics on the Institutional Design of a framework for the digital economy

In September 2015, a team of 7 MaCCI members and 2 external cooperation partners was selected to provide expert opinions on a regulatory framework for the digital economy for the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Multiple policy events taking place at the premises of the ministry in…

Several Mannheim Competition Policy Forum Events

The Mannheim Competition Policy Forum (MCPF) seminar series, which was founded in September 2008, is providing a platform for the discussion of recent cases, general competition policy issues, and relevant academic research in the field. Renowned practitioners and academics have been presenting…

19th ZEW Summer Workshop for Young Economists

From July 24-27, 2017, the 19th ZEW Summer Workshop for Young Economists took place. This event is organized annually, but the topic changes according to the organizing unit and thus the workshop is not always part of the MaCCI schedule. However, in 2017 the organizing ZEW research groups were…

15th ICT Conference with Hal Varian and Steve Tadelis

On June 23-24, 2017, the 15th ZEW Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Communication Technologies took place. Being one the earliest ICT conferences still held, the event again attracted a number of high-profile attendees, including keynote speakers Hal Varian (University of California,…

MaCCI Researchers Active at Summer Workshops

From June 12-16, 2017, the 7th MaCCI Summer Institute on Competition Policy took place in Romrod Castle, Germany. The workshop hosted a small group of leading competition economists and discussed recent advances in the academic literature. MaCCI was represented by eight of its most experienced…

Prof. Dr. Ralf Müller-Terpitz confirmed as KEK expert once again

At their meeting on 16 March 2017, the prime ministers of the States (Länder) confirmed Prof. Dr. Ralf Müller-Terpitz as an expert for the Kommission zur Ermittlung der Konzentration im Medienbereich (KEK) for five more years. Professor Müller-Terpitz is a member of the commission since 2009, inter…

Special Issue in Review of Network Economics on the Economics of Energy Markets

The Review of Network Economics together with the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) announces a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the Economics of Energy Markets.

The special issue will cover a broad range of topics…

MaCCI Members at the IIOC in Boston

The International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC) annually assembles some of the best researchers in the field of competition and innovation. In 2017, MaCCI Members Niklas Dürr, Vitali Gretschko, Michael Hellwig, Reinhold Kesler, Bettina Peters, Dominik Schober, Olga Slivko, Hidenori…