Research
BCCP’s research agenda is shaped by three main research questions: 1) What characterizes consumer and market behavior? 2) How should policies be optimally designed to protect consumers? 3) Are the existing institutions and policies effective? These research questions are applied to different topics and policy areas. With about 80 members, the spectrum of BCCP’s current research projects is broad. As a natural evolution of BCCP’s work over the past years, the effects of digitization on consumers and market participants are therefore a common theme throughout our three main research areas of consumer and market behavior, policy design and policy evaluation and a key topic in our research agenda.
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Articles in Refereed Journals
Duso, T., Harrington, Jr., J. E., Kreuzberg, C., & Sapi, G. (2026). Public Communication and Collusion: New Screening Tools for Competition Authorities. Journal of Competition Law & Economics.
Ehrhart, K., Eicke, A., Hirth, L., Ocker, F., Ott, M., Schlecht, I., & Wang, R. (2026). Congestion management games in electricity markets. The Energy Journal, 47(1), 77–108.
Hacker, P., & Holweg, M. (2026). The regulation of fine-tuning: Federated compliance for modified general-purpose AI models. Computer Law & Security Review, 60, 106234.
Huang, S., & Ullrich, H. (2026). Provider effects in antibiotic prescribing: Evidence from physician exits. Journal of Human Resources, 61(4), 1159–1191.
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Discussion Papers
Attar, A., Bozzoli, L., & Strausz, R. (2026). Self-Revealing Renegotiation. TSE Working Paper.
Batbayar, E., Breunig, C., Haan, P., & Ilieva, B. (2026). Quantile Selection in the Gender Pay Gap. DIW Discussion Papers.
Genakos, C., & Kampouris, T. (2026). What Is the “Right” Geographic Market Definition? DIW Discussion Papers.
Schmidt, K., Neyse, L., Saam, M., Siegfried, D., Vilhuber, L., & Winter, J. (2026). Open Science in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Transparenz, Reproduzierbarkeit und Zugang. Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series.
Spitzer, F., Huck, S., & Tyran, J. (2026). Product Testing in Markets for Experience Goods. CESifo Working Paper.
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Monographs and Book Chapters
Boot, N., Banal-Estañol, A., & Seldeslachts, J. (2025). Common Ownership in Europe and the US: A Network Analysis Approach. In Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bryson, J. (2025). From Definition to Regulation: Is the European Union Getting AI Right? In Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: The AI Act of the European Union.
Hacker, P., & Berz, A. (2025). AI and climate: challenges for regulation. In The Elgar Companion to Consumer Behaviour and the Sustainable Development.
Müllerleile, H., Schminke, K., Aprea, C., & Traxler, C. (2025). Jugend, Vorsorge, Finanzen: Zwischen Handlungswille und Wissenslücke. Beltz Juventa Verlag.
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Other Publications
Traxler, C., & Chatziathanasiou, K. (2026). Governing the Asphalt Commons – Recht und Akzeptanz der Parkraumbepreisung.
Alabrese, E., & Capozza, F. (2025). Speaking science in the digital age: How political expression on social media shapes trust in experts. EconPol Forum, 26(4), 26–32.
Bach, S., Engelhardt, R., Felder, L., Haan, P., & Schmacker, R. (2025). Regional climate dividend provides relief to rural households, but hardship cases remain. DIW Weekly Report, 15(27/28), 153–164.
Basmer, M., Fahrenkrog-Petersen, S., Tutak, A., Senderovich, A., & Weidlich, M. (2025). Privacy-and-utility-aware publishing of schedules. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 39(25), 26446.
Baumann, J., & Kübler, D. (2025). Can exploratory algorithms reduce discrimination in hiring? AEA Randomized Controlled Trials.
