Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet
Universitaetsstr. 1
40225 Duesseldorf

Tel.:  +49 211- 81 10235
Fax.: +49 211- 81 15499

duso@dice.hhu.de





I advised several public bodies in the area of merger control and competition policy in general. Since 2005 I cooperate with LEAR as a senior economic adviser.

Policy Reports

Ex-Post Evaluation of Merger Cases. Report commissioned by the UK Competition Commission (with LEAR), 2011

Development and Application of a Methodology for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Competition Policy. Report commissioned by DG Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission (with LEAR), 2008

Design of a Methodology for Ex-Post Review of Merger Control Decisions. Report commissioned by DG Competition of the European Commission (with LEAR), 2006

The Governance Forms of Public Owned Firms. Report commissioned by the Austrian Finance Ministry (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna), 2004

The Regulation of Liberal Professions. Report commissioned by the Austrian Bar Association (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna), 2003

Comment on the European Commission’s "Draft Commission Notice on the appraisal of horizontal mergers under the Council Regulation on the control of concentrations between undertakings" (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna), 2003

The Effects of the Merger between ÖBB AG and Post-Bus AG. Report commissioned by the Consortium of Austrian Small Bus Firms (with the Working Group in Industrial Organization, University of Vienna), 2003