Research
Publications
Birg, L. (2023): Pharmaceutical Regulation under Market Integration through Parallel Trade, Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
Birg, L. (2023): Parallel imports under a manufacturer rebate and a price freeze: Evidence from Germany, Health Economics 32(2), 302-323.
Givi, J.; Birg, L.; Lowrey, T. & Galak, J. (2023): An integrative review of gift-giving research in consumer behavior and marketing, Journal of Consumer Psychology 33 (3), 529-545.
Birg, L. & Voßwinkel, J. S. (2021): Emission Taxes, Firm Relocation, and Quality Differences, European Journal of Law and Economics 51(2), 297 - 345.
Birg, L. & Voßwinkel, J. S. (2018): Minimum Quality Standards and Compulsory Labeling when Environmental Quality is not Observable, Resource and Energy Economics 53, 62 - 78.
Birg, L. (2018): Pharmaceutical Cost-Sharing Systems and Savings for Health Care Systems from Parallel Trade, The World Economy 41(6), 1664 - 1694.
Birg, L. (2017): Pharmaceutical Regulation at the Wholesale Level and Parallel Trade, Bulletin of Economic Research 37(3), 2260 - 2273.
Milakovic, M.; Raddant, M. & Birg, L. (2017): Persistence in corporate networks, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 12(2), 249 - 276.
Berner, E., Birg, L. & Boddin, D. (2017): Retailers and Consumers: The Pass-through of Import Price Changes, The World Economy 40(7), 1314 - 1344.
Birg, L. & Goeddeke, A. (2016): Christmas Economics – A Sleigh Ride, Economic Inquiry 54(3), 1980 - 1984.
Birg, L. (2015): Externalities of National Pharmaceutical Policy when Markets are Integrated through Parallel Trade, Review of International Economics 23(3), 558 - 574.
Working Papers
Birg, L. (2019): Reference Pricing and Parallel Imports: Evidence from Germany, cege Working Paper No. 362.
Birg, L. & Pommeranz, S. (2018): The Deadweight Loss of Christmas – Reply, cege Working Paper No. 361.
Gomo, C. & Birg, L. (2018): The Economic and Health Impact of a Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in South Africa, cege Working Paper No. 356.
Birg, L. (2018): The Design of External Reference Pricing Schemes and the Choice of Reference Countries and Pricing Rules, cege Working Paper No. 279.
Birg, L. (2015): Cross-border or online: Tax competition with mobile consumers under destination and origin principle, cege Working Paper No. 265.
Birg, L. & Voßwinkel, J. S. (2015): Minimum Quality Standards and Exports, cege Working Paper No. 248.
Birg, L. (2015): Pharmaceutical Regulation, Mandatory Substitution, and Generic Competition, cege Working Paper No. 241.
Birg, L. & Voßwinkel, J. S. (2015): Minimum Quality Standards and Non-Compliance, cege Working Paper No. 228.
Birg, L. (2013): Pharmaceutical Regulation and Health Policy Objectives, cege Working Paper No. 183.
Work in Progress
Green Consumers, Emission Taxes, and Firm Relocation (joint with Jan S. Voßwinkel)
Cross-Border Externalities of Emission Taxation (joint with Jan S. Voßwinkel)
Patient Mobility and Hospital Competition
Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages – Tax Design, Substitution Patterns, and Product Variety
Telemedicine and Provider Competition