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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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Digital Markets, AI and the Platform Economy in the Spotlight at International ZEW Conference
On 26 and 27 June 2025, the ZEW Research Unit “Digital Economy” hosted the 23rd Conference on the “Economics of Information and Communication Technologies” in Mannheim. The event brought together around 80 researchers from Germany and abroad to discuss current contributions in the field of the…
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MaCCI Summer Institute
This year's Summer Institute in Competition Policy was held on June 2-6 in Bad Homburg. MaCCI researchers and invited scholars presented a diverse array of theoretical and empirical work in competition economics. This included several contributions on the conduct by digital platforms that speak to…
read moreMaCCI IO Day 2025
This year’s MaCCI IO Day was held on 23 May 2025 at the University of Mannheim. More than 20 members gathered for a day of presentations and discussions on papers covering airline markets, the impact of environmental regulation on technology spillovers, the effect of IPOs on venture capital…
read moreReview of the MaCCI Annual Conference 2025
On March 20-21, 2025, the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation hosted the 14th MaCCI Annual Conference. Around 130 participants gathered to discuss current questions in research on competition and innovation. This year’s program consisted of two keynote lectures and many sessions on the…
read moreFormer MaCCI Member Tarantino Will Become Next Chief Economist at the European Commission
Former MaCCI member and current MaCCI research fellow Emanuele Tarantino will be the next chief economist at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission. Emanuele was a MaCCI member from 2014 to 2020 and, in this period, assistant professor of economics at the University of…
read moreOnline Workshop on Disclosure and Secrecy Continues (DISS 2024)
For the third time, MaCCI co-hosted the online workshop on disclosure, information sharing, and secrecy (DISS 2024) on February 26 and 27. The DISS workshops span over two half days and offer a glimpse at the latest research in economics, management science, and law related to disclosure and…
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