Dr. Lea Bernhardt
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Previously, I worked in the Firms and Markets Department at DIW Berlin. I obtained my doctorate in economics at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, my M.Sc. at University of St Andrews and my B.Sc. at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Previously, I worked in the Firms and Markets Department at DIW Berlin. I obtained my doctorate in economics at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, my M.Sc. at University of St Andrews and my B.Sc. at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Research Interests
Research Interests
Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, Media Economics, Platform and Digital Markets, Energy and Climate Economics
Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, Media Economics, Platform and Digital Markets, Energy and Climate Economics
Publications
Publications
Publications in refereed journals
Publications in refereed journals
The evolution of theories of harm in EU merger control
(with Tomaso Duso and Joanna Piechucka) Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2025, 40 (4), 729–762.
New Evidence on Price Effects of Transparency Regulations in European Fuel Markets
(with Ralf Dewenter, Xenia Breiderhoff) Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2025, 25, 4 .
Empirical Evidence of the Effects of Climate Change on NCDs: A Literature Review.
(with Prasanta Kumar Roy) Review of Economics, 2024, 75(2), 71-108.
The Impact of the More Economic Approach on EU Merger Decisions
(with Ralf Dewenter) Stanford Computational Antitrust, 2024, 4 (7).
Long-term carbon storage in shelf sea sediments reduced by intensive bottom trawling
(with Wenyan Zhang, Lucas Porz, Rümeysa Yilmaz, Klaus Wallmann, Timo Spiegel, Andreas Neumann, Moritz Holtappels, Sabine Kasten, Jannis Kuhlmann, Nadja Ziebarth, Bettina Taylor, Ha Thi Minh Ho-Hagemann, Frank-Detlef Bockelmann, Ute Daewel, Corinna Schrum)
Nature Geoscience, 2024, 17, 1268–1276.
(with Xenia Breiderhoff and Ralf Dewenter) Review of Economics, 2023, 74(2), 141-160.
Gender Bias in German Media Reports
(with Ralf Dewenter) Journal of Media Economics, 2023, 34(4), 266-283.
Measuring partisan media bias in US Newscasts from 2001-2012
(with Ralf Dewenter and Tobias Thomas) European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 78, 102360.
(with Paul Voges) Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 2022, 72(12), 651-659.
Does the tonality of US newscasts indicate race and gender discrimination?
(with Ralf Dewenter) Applied Economics Letters, 2022, 30(11), 1566-1569.
Withdrawn and Prohibited Merger Cases in the EU.
Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2021, 13(4), 296-303.
Collusion by code or algorithmic collusion? When pricing algorithms take over
(with Ralf Dewenter) European Competition Journal, 2020, 16(2-3), 312-342.
Algorithmen, Künstliche Intelligenz und Wettbewerb
Neue Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht, 2019, 314-317.
Book Chapters
Book Chapters
Die Europäische Fusionskontrolle und die Rolle von Innovationen (with Ralf Dewenter)
in: Wettbewerb, Recht und Wirtschaftspolitik
Klaus Heine, Oliver Budzinki (Ed.), Festschrift für Wolfgang Kerber, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 137-158. 2024.
Ökonomische Grundlagen (with Ralf Dewenter)
in: Sebastian Louven, Kim Manuel Künstner (Ed.), Handbuch Plattform-Governance und Recht, Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 18-63. 2024.
Media
Media
(with Michael Berlemann) Handelsblatt, 05.05.2025
(with Michael Berlemann) Handelsblatt, 05.05.2025
(with Xenia Breiderhoff and Ralf Dewenter) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 02.05.2025
(with Xenia Breiderhoff and Ralf Dewenter) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 02.05.2025
(with Tomaso Duso) Focus online, 11.11.2023
(with Tomaso Duso) Focus online, 11.11.2023
(with Tomaso Duso) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 02.07.2023
(with Tomaso Duso) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 02.07.2023
Other non-refereed publications
Other non-refereed publications
Konjunkturschlaglicht: Kupfer als Frühindikator wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung in Deutschland?
(with Ivan Sergio) Wirtschaftsdienst, 105(8), S. 607-608, August 2025.
Konjunkturschlaglicht: Gemischte Signale am Arbeitsmarkt
(with Marina Eurich, Erik Haustein) Wirtschaftsdienst, 104(4), S. 287-288, April 2024.
Breiter Industriestrompreis ist kein geeignetes Entlastungsinstrument
(with Tomaso Duso, Robin Sogalla, and Alexander Schiersch) DIW Wochenbericht, 38, S. 513-521, 2023.
Discussion Papers
Discussion Papers
The Evolution of Theories of Harm in EU Merger Control
(with Tomaso Duso and Joanna Piechucka), DIW Discussion Papers 2090, 36 S. , CEPR DP19237, CESifo Working Paper No. 11218
The Impact of the More Economic Approach on EU Merger Decisions
(with Ralf Dewenter) Discussion Paper No. 195, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg
Common factors of withdrawn and prohibited merger cases in the European Union
Discussion Paper No. 184, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg
Watchdog or loyal servant? Political media bias in US newscasts
(with Ralf Dewenter and Tobias Thomas) DICE Discussion Paper No. 348
Reports
Reports
Hamburg Airport - Eine regionalwirtschaftliche Betrachtung
(with Erik Haustein, Andreas Lagemann and Sebastian Leue) HWWI Studien, Nr. 4, Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut. 2025
Hamburg 2040: Ein Fortschrittsbericht zur Standortentwicklung
(with Erik Haustein and Andreas Lagemann) HWWI Studien, Nr. 2, Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut. 2024
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