Academic Résumé: Dr. rer. pol., Senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich. Undergraduate studies in economics at the Universities of Bonn and Lisbon (1997 – 2003). Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. MSc in Economics, 2003). Undergraduate studies in business administration at the University of Hagen (2003 – 2004). Diplom-Kaufmann (equiv. MSc in Business Administration, 2004). Research associate and teaching assistant at the Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg (2004 – 2008, Doctoral thesis: "Creating R&D Incentives for Medicines for Neglected Diseases"). Visiting scholar at UC Berkeley (2007), Columbia University (2008) and University of Canterbury (2012). Research associate at the Alfred Weber Institute for Social Policy and Political Economy, University of Heidelberg (2008). Academic coordinator of the International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation (since October 2008).
International Economics
Parallel Trade and its Ambiguous Effects on Global Welfare, Review of International Economics (2012)
The regulation of parallel trade is a fiercely debated issue in the global trading system....
An Analysis of the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Parallel Trade Freedom, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper Series (2010)
The regulation of parallel trade has become a critical issue in the global trading system,...
Does Parallel Trade Freedom Harm Consumers in Small Markets?, Croatian Economic Survey (2009)
Countries can freely decide whether to permit or ban parallel trade. Article 6 of the...
An Analysis of the Welfare Effects of Parallel Trade Freedom, German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2008)
In a double marginalization model which is played between a domestic monopolistic manufacturer of pharmaceuticals...
A Game Theoretic Analysis of Parallel Trade and the Pricing of Pharmaceutical Products, German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2007)
We develop a simple double marginalization model with complete information, in which an original manufacturer...
Applied Microeconomics and Industrial Organization
Optimal Pricing and Quality of Academic Journals and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Forced Open Access: A Two-Sided Model (with Richard Watt), TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2012-019 (2012)
We analyse optimal pricing and quality of a monopolistic journal and the optimality of open...
The Absence of 'Order Effects' in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence from a Real-life Randomized Experiment (with Patrick Andreoli-Versbach), Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-08 (2011)
Many tournaments consist of multiple stages under asymmetric conditions. We analyze the efficiency of tournaments...
Note on Exclusive Distribution Arrangements (with Jürgen Eichberger) (2011)
The literature studying vertical trade relationships seems to assume that an upstream monopolist would prefer...
Law and Economics
The Google Book Search Settlement: A Law and Economics Analysis (with Marc Scheufen), Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues (2011)
Beginning in December 2004 Google has pursued a new project to create a book search...
Neglected Infectious Diseases: Are Push and Pull Mechanisms Suitable for Promoting Research?, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Working Paper (2011)
Infectious diseases are among the main causes of death and disability in developing countries and...
Copyright and Open Access for Academic Works (with Richard Watt), Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-09 (2010)
In a recent paper, Steven Shavell (2009) has argued strongly in favor of eliminating copyright...
Copyright and Open Access for Academic Works (with Richard Watt), Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues (2010)
In a recent paper, Steven Shavell (2009) has argued strongly in favor of eliminating copyright...
Strict Liability versus Negligence (with Hans-Bernd Schäfer), Tort Law and Economics (2009)
The purpose of this chapter is to compare negligence rules and strict liability rules and...