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MaCCI Director Thomas Fetzer Joins International Project on Antitrust Law in China, Europe, and the U.S.
International businesses often face a bewildering variety of laws that vary widely from country to country. With fines in the area of antitrust law sometimes approaching or exceeding $1 billion, global companies are calling for more research into what constitutes good antitrust enforcement…
read moreProgramme for MaCCI Law and Economics Conference Available
MaCCI is pleased to announce the upcoming Law and Economics Conference on “Cartel Damages in Europe: The New Framework after the Directive” on November 10 and 11, 2016, in Mannheim. The conference will provide an international platform for exchange and discussion between academic researchers and…
read moreMaCCI Participates with Large Delegation at EARIE
As every year, the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) held its annual conference in the end of August. This year, it took place in Lisbon (Portugal) from 26-28 August with Nova School of Business and Economics being the host. MaCCI members successfully applied for 15…
read moreMaCCI Summer Institute
In its 2016 edition the MaCCI Summer Institute provided opportunities for MaCCI researchers and international scholars to interact on various competition policy issues. These included business practices such as exclusive dealing, non-linear pricing, and minimum advertised price, competition in…
read moreMaCCI Senior Member Thomas Fetzer Provides Expert Opinion in German Parliament
On June 8, 2016, the transport board of the German Bundestag discussed a proposed new law that intends to facilitate the expansion of digital high-speed networks in Germany. As MaCCI conducted extensive research on the subject, Professor Thomas Fetzer was asked to provide an expert opinion and thus…
read more3rd International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship
On June 6 and 7, the third International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship took place at ZEW. About 90 participants enjoyed 39 paper presentations, one panel discussion and four keynote speeches. The two-day conference was the most important MaCCI event for our researchers in the field…
read more14th ICT Conference
On June 3 and 4, 2016, ZEW hold its 14th Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies. As in the previous years, the objective of the conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions to the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the…
read moreExpert Dialogue on a Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy Continues
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…
read more10th CLEEN Workshop in Bonn
Since 2007, MaCCI is a member of the Competition Law and Economics European Network (CLEEN), which hosts a yearly workshop for doctoral students who are interested in the field. In 2016, the second German member of the network, Bonn’s Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, organized…
read moreMannheim Energy Conference
On May 19 and 20, 2016, the fifth edition of the Mannheim Energy Conference takes place. The final programme is now available. MaCCI is particularly looking forward to keynote speeches by Christophe Gence-Creux (ACER & EU), Steven Puller (Texas A&M University), Nils-Henrik von der Fehr (University…
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