We are #hiring! Researcher/PhD student with interests in #competition #economics.
Come join a vibrant research team at @zew.de (working on innovation, competition, entrepreneurship, industry dynamics)
Full job posting + link:
jobs.zew.de/jobposting/1...
Apply by Apr 19
#EconSky
The #DISS2026 workshop (Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy) starts tomorrow!
Check out the program 👇 and join us. We begin at 2 p.m. CET / 8 a.m. ET.
Register here for Zoom: bit.ly/diss2026
@zew.de @macci-mannheim.bsky.social @econunimannheim.bsky.social @tmartens.bsky.social #econsky
Less than two weeks until this year's DISS 2026 Workshop!
Registration at bit.ly/diss2026
If this is too much suspense, check out last year's presentations:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@macci-mannheim.bsky.social @zew.de @tmartens.bsky.social #EconSky #ConfSky
Grafik mit der Überschrift „Call for Papers“ zur 24. ZEW Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies. Die Konferenz findet am 25.–26. Juni 2026 in Mannheim statt. Modernes, abstraktes Design in Grün- und Blautönen mit geometrischen Elementen und dem ZEW-Logo.
🚨 #CallforPapers: 24. #ZEW-Konferenz zum Thema Economics of Information & Communication Technologies, Keynotes von Emilio Calvano (LUISS University) & Chiara Farronato (Harvard Business School), 25./26.6 | Mannheim
🗓️Einreichungsfrist: 25.2.
🔗 zew.de/ict-conferen...
Wir freuen uns auf Beiträge! #IKT
#EARIE is coming to Mannheim!!!!
Submit by March 15!
earie.org/submit-a-pap...
PhD students (and those defended w/in the last 3 years): EARIE summer school on the days leading up to the main conference (August 24-26, @zew.de)
Apply here: earie.org/earie-summer...
@macci-mannheim.bsky.social
It's here! The program for this year's
#Disclosure, #Information Sharing, and #Secrecy (#DISS2026)
Check it out 👇 and join us on February 23 & 24 at 2 p.m CET / 8 a.m. ET
Register here for Zoom info: bit.ly/diss2026
@tmartens.bsky.social
@macci-mannheim.bsky.social
@zew.de
#EconSky #ConfSky
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
"They estimated that 94 percent of tariff costs were “passed through” to U.S. firms in 2025. That compared with about 80 percent in 2018-19, when Mr. Trump imposed many tariffs on China."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...
@achimwambach.bsky.social about industrial policy in Europe.
Industrial Policy Lab @kiel.institute @delorsberlin.bsky.social @zew.de
#EconSky
Today's first annual conference of the Industrial Policy Lab at @kiel.institute @zew.de and @hertieschool.bsky.social is all about The New Economics of Industrial Policy. We are in Berlin, and it will be legendary
Season's greetings from Bethlehem, PA, and many thanks to everyone at the @lehighu.bsky.social Dept. of Economics for hosting me.
Thanks for having me, @technis4.bsky.social. Great audience, great questions, great comments.
Innovation folks on #EconSky, if you don't have this seminar series on your radar, put it on! It's def worth our while!
Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2025 12-14 December 2025 at the University of Queensland, Brisbane
Program of Session 3E: Theory: Dynamic Games and Contracts
Session Block 3 on Saturday, December 13, at 10:30am
Abstract of paper "Hybrid Contracting in Repeated Interactions" Many business relationships begin with informal interactions and later transition to formal contracts. Using a repeated-games model with a finite horizon, we show that this hybrid-contracting approach can both prolong cooperation (intensive margin) and enable it across a broader range of settings (extensive margin). We model the contract as a "smooth-landing contract" that limits actions only near the end of the relationship. We show that this flexible design supports early cooperation and outperforms rigid contracts. Our findings are robust to changes in contracting costs and timing, with optimal contract length balancing profitability and implementability.
Are you attending the Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation
Conference (APIOC) in Brisbane next week?
Check out Julian Klix's presentation of our paper "Hybrid Contracting in Repeated Interactions"
Conference details at apios.org.au
#EconSky #ConfSky #EconConf
@zew.de @macci-mannheim.bsky.social
Schmuck-Kachel mit Titel und Autoren des ZEW Discussion Papers 25-050
Kann mehr Aufsicht schaden? @jgambato.bsky.social, @ganglmair.bsky.social und @juliakraemer.bsky.social zeigen in #ZEW DP 25-050: #Unternehmen priorisieren leicht kontrollierbare Vorgaben. Dies kann die Einhaltung von Regeln erschweren, die schwieriger durchzusetzen sind.
www.zew.de/PU95685/?twt=1
💡 Innovation Tuesdays
📢 Did you know?
Expand your knowledge by joining our webinar tomorrow with Dr. @ganglmair.bsky.social !
🔗 Register here: technisnet.org/seminars/
Join us on Tuesday, December 2 (12 pm CET / 6 am ET), for a
@technis4.bsky.social webinar
📝 Paper: "Looking for #Innovation Beyond the #Patent System: Evidence from Research Disclosures"
🔍 Zoom info at technisnet.org/seminars.html
#EconSky
@zew.de @macci-mannheim.bsky.social
Join us next week on Tuesday for @technis4.bsky.social webinar (Dec 2, 12 pm CET)
I am presenting "Looking for #Innovation Beyond the #Patent System: Evidence from Research Disclosures"
Thanks to TECHNIS and Andreas Panagopoulos for the invitation!
#EconSky @zew.de @macci-mannheim.bsky.social
I second that 👋 and no train problems (@deutschebahn.com has promised, right. Right?)
You have two more days to submit your paper for next year's (February 23-24) online workshop on Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy. Don't miss it. Great papers, great crowd, great feedback.
Submit here: bit.ly/submit-diss2...
#EconSky
Don't miss the deadline for this year's #MaCCI Annual Conference.
Submit no later than November 15!!
If you are working on #competition economics, competition law, and related topics, submit your paper and present at one of the competition economics highlights in Europe!
#EconSky #ConfSky
Find our short paper here:
www.zew.de/publikatione...
@zew.de
@univie.ac.at
@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
4/4
More resources allow regulators to enforce both targets. With low compliance costs, firms comply with both targets. But for high compliance costs, the additional resources for regulators can backfire - now firms prioritize!
3/4
One regulator, two targets: one is easier to enforce (the firm's behavior is easier to verify) than the other.
Low-capacity regulators must prioritize - and firms comply more with what they think is enforced more (the easy target).
#EconSky 2/4
🚨NEW WORKING PAPER 🚨
Can more resources for regulators improve firms' compliance?
@jgambato.bsky.social @juliakraemer.bsky.social & I demonstrate how expanding regulators' resources can backfire when the success of detecting firms' noncompliance varies for different regulatory targets.
1/4
You are working on competition-related topics (or want to, or are just curious)?
You have a paper you'd like to present?
You just want to see what's happening in the literature?
Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026).
#economics #law #policy #competition
#EconSky
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
🧵 1/7
Duflo and Banerjee leave MIT for University of Zurich. #econsky
It's #CODE2025 time at @zew.de. @hannahottenrott.bsky.social is kicking off two days of #entrepreuneurship research!
@tumunich.bsky.social
Last week, the French government announced an extra €1,000 bonus for EVs with batteries made in Europe.
Another data point that “buy European” is picking up some real traction this fall. www.ecologie.gouv.fr/presse/augme...
“The more the German industry continues to focus on phasing out niche technologies […] the easier it becomes for Chinese companies to expand their lead in batteries and new electronic vehicle architectures.”
Remarkable op-ed by former VW boss Herbert Diess.
www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/...
