Visiting Professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Currently, I am a Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Before that, I was a researcher at the Institute of Economics at Leuphana University Lüneburg. In January 2025, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis at Leuphana University Lüneburg, which was awarded the highest praise. I also serve as chairman of the board of the non-profit Alumni Association of Leuphana University Lüneburg (Alumni- und Förderverein der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg e.V. (AFL)). Moreover, I am a lecturer at the Applied University in Lüneburg (Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie (VWA) Berufsakademie (BA) Lüneburg e.V.).
My research focuses on industrial economics with a particular interest in energy economics and policy evaluation. My empirically driven research has led to two notable single-author publications in the respected journal Energy Economics. These publications have allowed me to demonstrate my ability to establish independent, internationally recognized research contributions. Another article, a joint work with my supervisor, Thomas Wein, has been published in the Journal of Industrial Economics. The latest joint working paper with Thomas Wein on competition in the market for electric vehicle charging in Germany has been published in the journal Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaft.
Competition in gasoline retailing is characterized by intraday price cycles in local markets worldwide. The literature describes these as corresponding to the well-known Edgeworth cycles. Previous research has mainly focused on analyzing cycles based on hourly, daily, or weekly average price data. We study the cycle initiation based on second-by-second data for one German town. We find that price considerations are not the main factors in determining which retailers raise prices first, how much they raise them, or whether they succeed. Brand affiliation is more important, and to a lesser extent, so are the services offered and location parameters.
In this article, I analyze how persistently lower gasoline prices in Poland affect the prices set in the German border region. Based on a complete dataset of German gasoline prices and an assessment of driving distances between gasoline stations, I estimate the impact of one additional kilometer of distance to the nearest Polish competitor on the price charged by German gasoline stations. Following the fixed effects filtered estimator approach proposed by Pesaran and Zhou (2018) and controlling for various station characteristics, I find no evidence that German gasoline stations enter price competition with their Polish counterparts. My descriptive analysis of gasoline station infrastructure in the German border region reveals increasingly sparse gasoline station density when approaching the Polish border, along with an increasing share of premium brands. These results may reflect the effect of substantially lower taxes in Poland, discouraging German gasoline stations from locating near the border and effectively ruling out cross-border price competition. Although indirect, my findings suggest the presence of fuel tourism.
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