Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath, Ulrich Laitenberger and Yossi Spiegel (forthcoming), The Anticompetitive Effect of Minority Share Acquisitions: Evidence from the Introduction of National Leniency Programs, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
Heim, Sven, Bastian Krieger and Mario Liebensteiner (2020), Unbundling, Regulation and Pricing: Evidence from Electricity Distribution, The Energy Journal Volume 41. Download
Gross, Luigi, Sven Heim, Kai Hüschelrath and Michael Waterson (2018), Electricity Market Integration and the Impact of Unilateral Policy Reforms, Oxford Economic Papers 70(3), 799-820.
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath, Philipp Schmidt-Dengler and Maurizio Strazzeri (2017), The Impact of State Aid on the Survival and Financial Viability of Aided Firms, European Economic Review 100, 193-214.
Heim, Sven, Luigi Grossi and Michael Waterson (2017), The Impact of the German Response to the Fukushima Earthquake, Energy Economics Volume 66, August 2017, pp. 450 - 465. Download
Bergler, Julian, Sven Heim and Kai Hüschelrath (2017), Strategic Capacity Withholding Through Failures in the German-Austrian Electricity Market, Energy Policy 102, 210-221.
Dürr, Niklas, Sven Heim and Kai Hüschelrath (2016), Deregulation, Competition, and Consolidation: The Case of the German Interurban Bus Industry, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 50 (2), 164-188.
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath and Ulrich Laitenberger (2016), The Duration of the EC Merger Control Process: Determinants and the Impact of the 2004 Merger Regulation Reform, International Journal of the Economics of Business 23 (1), 37-62.
Lehmann, Paul, Robert Brandt, Erik Gawel, Sven Heim, Klaas Korte, Andreas Löschel, Philipp Massier, Matthias Reeg, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann (2015), Capacity payments to secure electricity supply? On the future of Germany's power market design, Energy, Sustainability and Society 5:15, 1-7. Download
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Heim, Sven (2015), Ein Regelenergiemarkt-Plus als Kapazitätsmechanismus, et - Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen 5/2015.
Lehmann, Paul, Robert Brandt, Erik Gawel, Sven Heim, Klaas Korte, Andreas Löschel, Philipp Massier, Matthias Reeg, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann (2015), Braucht Deutschland jetzt Kapazitätszahlungen für eine gesicherte Stromversorgung?, et - Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen 1-2/2015, 26-31.
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Heim, Sven, Dominik Schober and Oliver Woll (forthcoming), Bewertungskriterien von Fördersystemen aus ökonomischer Sicht, in: Jörg Böttcher BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin,.
Lehmann, Paul, Robert Brandt, Erik Gawel, Sven Heim, Klaas Korte, Andreas Löschel, Philipp Massier, Matthias Reeg, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann (2017), Braucht Deutschland jetzt Kapazitätszahlungen für eine gesicherte Stromversorgung?, in: Jens Schippl, Armin Grunwald, Ortwin Renn Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 449-464.
Götz, Georg, Sven Heim and Dominik Schober (2014), Ökonomische Aspekte von Stromleitungsnetzen, in: Jörg Böttcher Oldenbourg, München, 287-330.
Discussion and Working Papers
Heim, Sven, Bastian Krieger and Mario Liebensteiner (2018), Unbundling, Regulation and Pricing: Evidence from Electricity Distribution, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-050, Mannheim. Download
Gugler, Klaus Peter, Sven Heim, Maarten Janssen and Mario Liebensteiner (2018), Market Liberalization: Price Dispersion, Price Discrimination and Consumer Search in the German Electricity Markets, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-042, Mannheim. Download
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath, Ulrich Laitenberger and Yossi Spiegel (2017), The Anticompetitive Effect of Minority Share Acquisitions: Evidence from the Introduction of National Leniency Programs, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-037, Mannheim, published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. Download
Heim, Sven (2016), Rockets and Feathers: Asymmetric Pricing and Consumer Search – Evidence from Electricity Retailing, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-070, Mannheim. Download
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath, Philipp Schmidt-Dengler and Maurizio Strazzeri (2016), The Impact of State Aid on the Survival and Financial Viability of Aided Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-035, Mannheim. Download
Gugler, Klaus Peter, Sven Heim and Mario Liebensteiner (2016), Non-Sequential Search, Competition and Price Dispersion in Retail Electricity, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-029, Mannheim. Download
Bergler, Julian, Sven Heim and Kai Hüschelrath (2016), Strategic Capacity Withholding Through Failures in the German-Austrian Electricity Market, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-009, Mannheim. Download
Grossi, Luigi, Sven Heim, Kai Hüschelrath and Michael Waterson (2015), Electricity Market Integration and the Impact of Unilateral Policy Reforms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-072, Mannheim. Download
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath and Ulrich Laitenberger (2015), The Duration of the EC Merger Control Process: Determinants and the Impact of the 2004 Merger Regulation Reform, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-063, Mannheim. Download
Dürr, Niklas, Sven Heim and Kai Hüschelrath (2015), Deregulation, Competition, and Consolidation: The Case of the German Interurban Bus Industry, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-061, Mannheim. Download
Lehmann, Paul, Robert Brandt, Erik Gawel, Sven Heim, Klaas Korte, Andreas Löschel, Philipp Massier, Matthias Reeg, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann (2015), Does Germany Need Capacity Payments Now to Secure Its Electricity Supply?, Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS Policy Brief 01/2015. Download
Reeg, Matthias, Robert Brandt, Erik Gawel, Sven Heim, Klaas Korte, Paul Lehmann, Philipp Massier, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann (2015), Kapazitätsmechanismen als Rettungsschirm der Energiewende? Zur Versorgungssicherheit bei hohen Anteilen fluktuierender erneuerbarer Energien im Stromsystem, Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS Discussion Paper 01/2015. Download
Lehmann, Paul, Robert Brandt, Erik Gawel, Sven Heim, Klaas Korte, Andreas Löschel, Philipp Massier, Matthias Reeg, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann (2015), Braucht Deutschland jetzt Kapazitätszahlungen für eine gesicherte Stromversorgung?, Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS Policy Brief 01/2015. Download
Grossi, Luigi, Sven Heim and Michael Waterson (2014), A Vision of the European Energy Future? The Impact of the German Response to the Fukushima Earthquake, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-051, Mannheim. Download
Grossi, Luigi, Sven Heim and Michael Waterson (2014), A Vision of the European Energy Future? The Impact of the German Response to the Fukushima Earthquake, Warwick Economic Research Papers No 1047, University of Warwick. Download
Heim, Sven and Georg Götz (2013), Do Pay-as-bid Auctions Favor Collusion? Evidence from Germany's Market for Reserve Power, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-035, Mannheim. Download
Expertises
Janger, Jürgen, Michael Peneder, Andreas Reinstaller, Stefan Weingärtner, Florence Blandinières, Niklas Dürr, Stefan Frübing, Sven Heim, Bettina Peters and Christian Rammer (2018), Measuring Competitiveness, European Commission, Wien. Download
Heim, Sven, Kai Hüschelrath, Wolfgang Briglauer, SPI, IDEA Consult, Ecory and WIFO (2016), Ex-Post Evaluation of the Impact of Restructuring Aid Decisions on the Viability of Aided (Non-financial) Firms, European Commission, DG Comp, Brussels. Download
Research Reports
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
- M&A-Report
Projects
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.03.2017 - 31.12.2017Measuring Competitiveness
- Project Duration 01.04.2016 - 31.03.2017Collusion and Minority Shareholdings
- Project Duration 01.04.2016 - 31.03.2019SEEK-Project 2016: Digital Marketplaces and Platforms
- Project Duration 01.10.2015 - 01.05.2017Market Integration, Renewable Energy Expansion, Interconnector Capacity Investment and their Impact on the Swiss Electricity Market
- Project Duration 01.07.2015 - 30.04.2016Competition in the German Interurban Bus Industry
- Project Duration 01.12.2014 - 30.11.2015Ex-Post Evaluation of the Impact of Restructuring Aid Decisions on the Viability of Aided (Non-financial) Firms
- Project Duration 03.12.2013 - 13.12.2013Regulating Smart Metering in Europe – CBA for Germany
- Project Duration 01.09.2013 - 31.08.2016Reserve Markets in Change – New Concepts for more Security of Supply
- Project Duration 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2016Evaluation of Competition Policy Rules and Institutions
- Project Duration 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2015Requirements for an Efficient and Reliable Design of Electricity Markets
- Project Duration 01.09.2011 - 31.08.2016Future Infrastructures for Meeting Energy Demands. Towards Sustainability and Social Compatibility
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Teaching Activities and Stand-in Professors
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SS 2014:
Lecture and tutorial
"Microeconomics",
Mannheim University of Cooperative Education, Germany
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SS 2013:
Lecture and tutorial
"Microeconomics",
Mannheim University of Cooperative Education, Germany
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SS 2014:
Lecture and tutorial
"Microeconomics",
Research Stays
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04.
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04.2016
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Institute for Quantitative Economics - 09. – 10.2015 Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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10.
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10.2014
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Research Institute for Regulatory Economics - 08. – 10.2013 University of California, Berkeley, United States of America (USA)
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04.
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04.2016
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Organisation of Academic Conferences and Workshops
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Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing,
Dr. Dominik Schober,
Dr. Oliver Woll,
Prof. Dr. Sven Heim,
LLL:reportdata.label.workshop.reportDataConference,
Fifth Mannheim Energy Conference 2016,
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany, 2016
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Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Dr. Dominik Schober,
Dr. Oliver Woll,
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing,
Prof. Dr. Sven Heim,
LLL:reportdata.label.workshop.reportDataConference,
Fourth Mannheim Energy Conference,
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany, 2015
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Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing,
Dr. Dominik Schober,
Dr. Oliver Woll,
Prof. Dr. Sven Heim,
LLL:reportdata.label.workshop.reportDataConference,
Fifth Mannheim Energy Conference 2016,
Lectures
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2016:
Non-Sequential Search, Competition and Price Dispersion in Retail Electricity,
13th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM),
Porto, Portugal
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2016:
The Impact of State Aid on the Survival and Financial Viability of Aided Firms,
Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE),
Rhodes, Griechenland
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2016:
Non-Sequential Search, Competition and Price Dispersion in Retail Electricity,
European Association in Research for Industrial Economics (EARIE),
Lissabon, Portugal
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2016:
Rockets and Feathers: Asymmetric Pricing and Consumer Search – Evidence from Electricity Retailing,
Jornadas de Economía Industrial (JEI),
Palma de Mallorca, Spanien
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2015:
A Vision of the European Energy Future? The Impact of the German Response to the Fukushima Earthquake,
10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPETITION AND REGULATION "Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation",
Rhetymnon, Griechenland
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2014:
A Vision of the European Energy Future? The Impact of the German Response to the Fukushima Earthquake,
41st Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE),
Mailand, Italien -
2014:
A Vision of the European Energy Future? The Impact of the German Response to the Fukushima Earthquake,
The 12th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference ,
Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
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2014:
German Energy Market Fallout from the Japanese Earthquake,
Joint WU Wien-MAGKS-PhD-Workshop on Topics in Industrial Organization,
Wien, Österreich -
2013:
Capacity Markets and their Alternatives,
Integrative Key Topic (IKT) "Steuerung, Instrumente, Governance",
Leipzig, Deutschland -
2013:
Do pay-as-bid auctions favor collusion? Evidence from Germany's reserve power market,
"Green Economy and Urbanisation" Humboldt-Kolleg 2013,
Peking, China - Volksrepublik -
2013:
Do Pay-as-bid Auctions Favor Collusion? - Evidence From Germany's Market for Reserve Power,
11th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference,
Boston, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA) -
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Do Discriminatory Auctions Favour Collusive Behaviour? Evidence from Germany's Reserve Power Market,
8. Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung an der TU Wien,
Wien, Österreich -
2012:
Do Discriminatory Auctions Favor Tacit Collusion When Suppliers are Pivotal? - Evidence From Germanys Control Power Market.,
Competition and Innovation Summer School (CISS),
Turunc/Marmaris, Türkei
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2016:
Non-Sequential Search, Competition and Price Dispersion in Retail Electricity,

Function
Research Associate
Prices, Awards and Distinctions
- 2017: Beste Abschlussarbeit (Dissertation), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Gießen, Germany
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2013:
Best Paper Award,
8. Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung IEWT 2013 , Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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2012:
Beste Abschlussarbeit (Diplom- / Masterarbeit),
Diplomarbeit, Energie-Control Austria für die Regulierung der Elektrizitäts- und Erdgaswirtschaft (E-Control) , Vienna, Austria
Doctoral degree/habilitation
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Doctoral degree/PhD
(6.2016),
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Gießen, Germany,
Thesis title: Six Empirical Essays on Competiiton and Regulation in Energy Markets