My research interests are in industrial organization, consumer search, IO of banking, corporate finance.

Publications in Refereed Journals

 

• “Chain Stores, Consumer Mobility, and Market Structure”, with Simon Loertscher(2011), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 167(2):236-246. Additional Material:
  • Chain affiliated hotels price higher than independent hotels [pdf, data]
  • Results for general distribution of setup costs [pdf]
• “The ABC of Complementary Products Merger”, with Simon P. Anderson and Simon Loertscher (2010), Economics Letters 106, 212-215. [slides].
• „How Much Internalization of Nuclear Risk Through Liability Insurance?“ with Peter Zweifel (2004), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 29(3), 219-240.

Other Publications

• Marginale Zahlungsbereitschaft für eine erhöhte Internalisierung des Risikos von Kernkraftwerken“ (Marginal Willingness-To-Pay for a higher Internalization of Nuclear Risk), with Peter Zweifel (2002). Studie im Rahmen des Forschungsprogrammes “Energiewirtschaftliche Grundlagen” des Bundesamtes für Energie. (“Marginal Willingness-to-Pay for increased Internalization of Nuclear Risks”, with Peter Zweifel, 2002, Report for the Energy Policy Fundamentals’ research program of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.)
• “Reducing CO2 Emissions by 20 Percent Through Taxation”, with Gunter Stephan, 2006, Report for the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment.

Working Papers

• “Willingness to Pay for Avoiding Nuclear Risks”, with Peter Zweifel. [pdf, June 2011].
• Additional Material:
  • Questionnaire (in german)
  • Data.txt
  • Google map showing the location of all respondents

Work in Progress

• “To Push or to Pull”, with Simon Loertscher.
• “Dynamic Price Competition with Differentiated Products”, with Simon P. Anderson.
• “Price Competition with Revenue Management and Costly Consumer Search”, with Simon P. Anderson.
• “Searching for Confirmation”, with Simon P. Anderson.
• “Financial Constraints and Collusion to Innovate”, with Dennis Gaertner.