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I am a PhD student at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

My research lies at the intersection of empirical industrial organization and public policy evaluation. Exploiting quasi-experimental elements of public policies, I empirically study their intended and unintended effects on firm and consumer behavior.

You can find my CV here.

Please do not hesitate to reach out: fischer (at) dice (dot) hhu (dot) de!

Working Papers

The heterogeneous effect of entry on prices, CESifo Working Paper No. 10566 (with Simon Martin and Philipp Schmidt-Dengler)
Skilled labour migration and firm performance: evidence from English hospitals and Brexit, CESifo Working Paper No. 10747

Publications

Alcohol prohibition and pricing at the pump - Journal of Industrial Economics (2024)
What cannot be cured must be endured: the long-lasting effect of a COVID-19 infection on workplace productivity (with W. Benedikt Schmal and J. James Reade) - Labour Economics (2022)
Thinning out spectators: Did football matches contribute to the second COVID-19 wave in Germany? - German Economic Review (2022)
Home advantage in professional soccer and betting market efficiency: the role of spectator crowds (with Justus Haucap) - Kyklos (2022)
Does crowd support drive the home advantage in professional football? Evidence from German ghost games during the COVID-19 pandemic (with Justus Haucap) - Journal of Sports Economics (2021)

Early Stage Work

Information and heterogeneous tax pass-through: An application to retail fuel markets (with Simon Martin and Philipp Schmidt-Dengler)
Inefficient plant closures in a declining industry: evidence from an economization scheme in the German coal industry
Fighting the Dutch disease: evidence from the German coal bust (with Andreas Lichter)