Research
Publications
"How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree"
(with Martin Watzinger, Markus Nagler and Monika Schnitzer)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12.4 (2020): 328-59.
AEJ Economic Policy Best Paper Award 2021
VoxEU, NY Times article citing the paper
“Knowledge Remittances: Does Emigration Foster Innovation?”
(with Yvonne Giesing and Nadzeya Laurentsyeva)
Research Policy 49.9 (2020): 103863.
"New Region, New Chances: Does Moving Regionally for University Shape Later Job Mobility?"
(with Felix Ehrenfried and Valentin Lindlacher)
Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2119217 (2022)
Working Papers and Work in Progress
"Defying Gravity: What Drives Productivity in Remote Teams?" (with Michael Hofmann and Nadzeya Laurentsyeva)
CRC TRR 190 Discussion Paper No. 427, September 2023
"Productivity Spillovers among Knowledge Workers in Agglomerations: Evidence from GitHub" (with Lena Abou El-Komboz)
CRC TRR 190 Discussion Paper No. 399, May 2023
"The Value of Connectivity: High-Speed Broadband Internet and Real Estate Prices" (with Oliver Falck and Simon Krause)
"Small Steps or Giant Leaps? Competition and the Size of Innovations"
(2017 version in Chapter 2 of my dissertation)
Reports and Other Projects
"Digital Technology Adoption by German Firms: Uncovering the Metadata of the ifo Business Index"
Blog of the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), 2021
German version: "Was sagen Metadaten des ifo Geschäftsklimaindex über die Digitalisierung deutscher Unternehmen?", ifo Schnelldienst, Munich, 03/2022
"Patentschutz: Zwischen Forschungsanreiz und Hindernis für Nachfolgeinnovationen" (German article, "Patent Protection: Between Research Incentive and Obstacle to Follow-on Innovations")
ifo Schnelldienst 08/2021
"Gravity in Online Collaborations: Evidence from GitHub"
CESifo Forum 21 (3), 15-20
"Examination of companies for their importance for Bavaria as a business location" (2020 - 2021)
"Digital Competencies – Is the German Manufacturing Sector Ready for the Future?"
PDF (in German)
"Impact of Digitalisation on the Labor Market", Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria
PDF (in German)