Publications of the Research Unit Market Design

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2018

    Strategies Under Distributional and Strategic Uncertainty

    I investigate the decision problem which arises in a game of incomplete information under two different types of uncertainty - uncertainty about other players’ type distributions and about other players’…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-003 // 2018

    The Fall and Rise of Market Power in Europe

    This paper presents an analysis of the recent developments of average market power in Europe by using a broad firm-level database for EU member states. To indicate competitive pressure at the firm-level, markups…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-073 // 2017

    Intermediation in Peer-to-Peer Markets: Evidence from Auctions for Personal Loans

    I examine the role of intermediaries on the world's largest peer-to-peer online lending platform. This marketplace as well as other recently opened lending websites allow people to auction microcredit over the…