Projects of the Research Unit Market Design

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 12.05. – 31.08.2021

    Justification and specification of a maximum balancing energy price

    Within the project a science-based report will be prepared to address the questions of a  justification and a specification of a maximum balancing energy price in the scheduled European design of the balancing…

  2. Project // 01.05.2020 – 31.05.2021

    Market design for the integration of renewable energy sources: flexible demand-side adaption and supply-side support

    The German government's energy concept envisages the expansion of renewable energy sources to more than 80 % of gross electric power consumption by 2050. This expansion will lead to an increase in the fluctuation…

  3. Project // 01.11.2019 – 30.06.2023

    Kopernikus Project "Industrial Processes": Synchronized and Energy-Adaptive Production Technology for Flexible Alignment of Industrial Processes to a Fluctuating Energy Supply (SynErgie)

    The Kopernikus project SynErgie addresses the challenge of harmonizing the generation with the consumption of electricity in a future with a high proportion of wind and solar power. The focus is on the design…

  4. Project // 01.03.2019 – 31.12.2022

    Market design for food donations

    The aim of the project is a simple and efficient distribution of food donations. This is made possible by the development of an online platform as an interface between food banks and companies from the industry…

  5. Project // 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021

    Understanding the Market for Technologies

    The goal of this project is to evaluate the functioning of the market for technologies: the processes through which technologies and intellectual property rights are traded or licensed. Prior studies have…

  6. Project // 01.01.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Design and Impact of Admissions Rules for Schools

    Admissions rules play an important role in many aspects of life. Among others, they regulate the allocation of students to schools. Today digitalisation enables decision makers to use computer-based matching…

  7. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2019

    Efficient Design of Measures to Promote Broadband Infrastructure

    In order for the expected growth, productivity and innovation potential of modern ICT applications to be realized on the demand side, the renewal of existing base broadband infrastructure or its (partial)…

  8. Project // 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021

    The Design of Firms Internal Labour Markets Under Asymmetric Information

    Designing internal labour markets and reducing frictions in employee retention is an important challenge for human resource management (HRM). The aim of the project was twofold. The first part investigated…

  9. Project // 01.09. – 15.12.2018

    Market Design for Public Construction Projects – Feasibility Study

    This feasibility study aims to review the applicability of market design methods to the procurement processes of public construction projects. The study includes a discussion of key market design methods and the…