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New Research on Market Structure, Collusion and Mergers at MaCCI IO Day
At the MaCCI IO Day MaCCI researchers present ongoing research internally. This time six presentations and discussions centered on market structure, collusion and mergers, and more than 35 MaCCI researchers were in the audience. In particular, an empirical investigation into gasoline markets…
read moreBest Paper Award for Volker Nocke
At this year's International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC) in Chicago, MaCCI Senior Member Volker Nocke has been awarded the 7th Annual Robert F. Lanzilotti Prize for the Best Paper in Antitrust Economics. The paper entitled "Internal vs. External Growth in Industries with Scale…
read moreFirst Price Award for MaCCI Researchers
MaCCI Researchers Kai Hüschelrath and Kathrin Müller won the first price award in the ‘Retrospective Analysis of Merger Decision Outcomes Competition’ of the Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association. The awarded paper discusses the welfare effects of mergers in airline networks.
read moreMaCCI Organizes Young Scholars Research Seminar in Germany
MaCCI engages in a great variety of interdisciplinary activities that bring together legal and economic competence. One pillar of MaCCI’s mission is the training of young scholars in an international setting. Therefore, MaCCI has initiated the 2014 Young Scholars Research Seminar (GRS) in…
read moreThird Annual Conference of the Leibniz ScienceCampus MaCCI
The Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI), a joint initiative of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Mannheim, held its third Annual MaCCI Conference at ZEW on March 14 and 15, 2014. About 100 participants were attending the two-day conference.
read moreMaCCI Activity Report
The 2013 MaCCI Activity Report has been published. The report gives an overview of the MaCCI activities in 2013.
read morePeitz and Schmidt-Dengler new Co-Editors of the International Journal of Industrial Organization
MaCCI Members Martin Peitz and Philipp Schmidt-Dengler have been appointed co-editors of the International Journal of Industrial Organization. Their term starts January 2014. The International Journal of Industrial Organization is a leading field journal and covers theoretical and empirical…
read moreVolker Nocke and Martin Peitz Nominated Members of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy
Commissioner and Vice President of the European Commission Joaquin Almunia has nominated MaCCI members Volker Nocke and Martin Peitz as members of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (EAGCP). According to the European Commission, "the EAGCP creates a discussion forum on competition…
read moreFirst MPI-ZEW Private Law & Economics Workshop in Hamburg
On November 21 and 22, MaCCI members Stefan Frübing, Kai Hüschelrath, Ulrich Laitenberger, and Florian Smuda participated in the first interdisciplinary private law & economics workshop at the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. The workshop brings…
read moreWorkshop on Procurement and Contracts
On October 16-18, 2013, MaCCI members Malin Arve, Martin Peitz, and Lily Samkharadze organized a workshop on procurement and contracts in Bad Homburg. Presentations covered a wide range of theoretical and applied topics in procurement and contract theory.
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