Dr. W. Benedikt Schmal
Dr. W. Benedikt Schmal
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Applied Competition Economist in Economic and Science Policy
Researcher // Speaker // Expert // Entrepreneur
Political Economy Consultant at PIVOT Economics, Munich
Co-Founder of FORMOE - Forschungsforum Mobilitätsökonomik
Affiliated with DICE, hhu Düsseldorf
Excellence by Curiosity is my academic lodestar. Equipped with a wide array of empirical microeconometric tools and a deep understanding of political economy, institutional economics, and industrial organization, my research foci are competition economics and contemporary economic policy. I hold a PhD from DICE at Heinrich Heine University. I'm globally connected and do research, consulting, public speaking, and science communication.
Email: wbschmal@gmail.com
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May 15: I'm giving an invited talk at this year's INCONECSS Conference in Berlin on "Quo Vadis Transformative Agreements". The slides are available on Zenodo.
April 2: My paper "Polycentric Governance in Collusive Agreements" has received an Antitrust Writing Award 2025 by Concurrences and The George Washington University School of Law in the category "Concerted Practices - Reader's Choice"
April 1: I have started a new role as a Political Economy Consultant at PIVOT Economics
March 19: My project "Academic Knowledge: Does it Reflect the Combinatorial Growth of Technology?" has received an R&R in the European Economic Review
Feb 19: My project "On Corporate Cartels as Common Pool Resources" has received an R&R in the Journal of Competition Law and Economics
Upcoming Talks and Presentations
9th Open Science Retreat, ZBW online - Invited Keynote Speaker
Open Divide 25/26: Critical Studies on Open Access - Invited Lecture
INCONECSS International Conference on Economics and Business Information, ZBW, Berlin (DE) - Invited Speaker
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