Welcome to my research profile. In my academic research, I study how firms make decisions in the global economy — from sourcing and trade to competition, collusion, and market regulation.
Today, I work in the industry. If you want to get in touch on research, please feel free to contact me at fischerthoene[at]gmail.com.
1) International Trade
Trade Policy along the Global Value Chain: A Rationale for the Evolution of Deep Trade Agreements
Working Paper, 2024 (with Hartmut Egger)
Optimal Payment Contracts in Trade Relationships
International Economic Review, 2023
Published Paper
Increasing Resistance to Globalization: The Role of Trade in Tasks
European Economic Review, 2020 (with Hartmut Egger)
Published Paper
Supplier Search and Rematching in Global Sourcing – Theory and Evidence from China
In: New Developments in Global Sourcing, MIT Press, 2018 (with Fabrice Defever and Jens Südekum)
Published Paper
Relational Contracts and Supplier Turnover in the Global Economy
Journal of International Economics, 2016 (with Fabrice Defever and Jens Südekum)
Published Paper, Online Appendix
2) Industrial Organization
Complex Pricing and Consumer-Side Attention
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2025 (with Alexander Rasch and Tobias Wenzel)
Published Paper
Collusion and Bargaining in Asymmetric Cournot Duopoly – An Experiment
European Economic Review, 2019 (with Hans-Theo Normann)
Published Paper, Online Appendix
There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.
― Thomas Sowell