I am Professor of Applied Microeconomics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of St. Gallen.
I am also Co-Editor of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics.
Research Interests
Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Game Theory, Antitrust Law and Economics, Regulation, Economic Policy, Marketing
Recent Working Papers
- ESG in Platform Markets, with Rachel Chen, Daniel Halbheer, and Helen S. Zeng; prepared for the Handbook on Digital Platforms, edited by Anthony Dukes, Daniel Sokol, Tianshu Sun, and Feng Zhu, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
- Product Design and Consumer Participation in Circular Business Models, with Rachel Chen and Daniel Halbheer.
- Dynamic Pricing in Bilateral Relationships: Experimental Evidence, with Thomas Epper, Nicolas Eschenbaum and Roberta Koch.
Selected Publications
- Carbon Footprinting and Pricing Under Climate Concerns, with Marco Bertini, Daniel Halbheer and Donald R. Lehmann, Journal of Marketing, 2022, 86(2), 186-201.
* Winner of the Rigor & Relevance Research Award 2021, Swiss Academy of Marketing Science. - Explaining Escalating Fines and Prices: A Unified Approach, with Nicolas Eschenbaum, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 171, 2020, 153-164.
- Payment Evasion, with Daniel Halbheer and Michael Lechner, Journal of Industrial Economics, 65(4), 2017, 804-832.
- Making Sense of Nonbinding Retail-Price Recommendations, with Dennis L. Gärtner, American Economic Review 103(1), 2013, 335-359.