Jan Thomas Schäfer, M.A.

Function:

• Research Associate

 

Phone & Fax:

0641 / 9922053 (Office)

0641 / 9922051 (Administrative assistant)

0641 / 9922059 (Fax)

 

E-Mail:

Jan.T.Schaefer@wirtschaft.uni-giessen.de

 

Social Networks:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-t-schaefer

https://www.xing.com/profile/JanThomas_Schaefer

 

Postal address:

Licher Straße 62
35394 Giessen

SUMMARY

Research Associate/PhD student at the Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust. Generating data for empirical analyses using web scraping. Research interests comprise Empirical Industrial Organization, Transport Economics as well as Competition Policy and Regulation. Strong link between academia and practice from research cooperation and consulting projects.

 

EDUCATION

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• 2015 - Present: PhD student, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
• 2012 - 2014: M.A. in Economics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
• 2012 - 2014: Master in Economics, Samara State University of Economics, Russia. Double Degree Program.
• 2008 - 2012: B.A. in Economics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.

 

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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• 2015 - Present: Research Associate, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust.
• Projects:
• Economic effects of fixed drug prices in Germany. Research project in cooperation with the Pharmacists Association Westphalia-Lippe e.V., Münster, Germany.
• Evaluation of the German fixed book price agreement. Research project in cooperation with the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Frankfurt, Germany.
• Financing and performance of the European railway sector. Research project in cooperation with Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin, Germany.
• 2016 - Present: Consultant, Self-employed.
• Economic expert advice on regulatory economics, cartel damage estimation. Preparation of reports and studies to companies, authorities and courts.
• 2011 - 2015: Student Research Assistant, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
• 2011: Intern, Monopolies Commission, Bonn, Germany.

 

GRANTS

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• 2017 - 2019: Teaching grant for innovative teaching, Justus Liebig University, Giessen.
• 2018: Travel grant for EARIE 2018, Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS).
• 2017: Erasmus+ teaching mobility grant for teaching at the University of Lodz, Poland.
• 2013: Promos scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

RESEARCH

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• Publications
• de Haas, S., Herold, D., & Schäfer, J. T. (2022). Entry deterrence due to brand proliferation: Empirical evidence from the German interurban bus industry. International Journal of Industrial Organization, in Press.
• Götz, G., Herold, D., Klotz, P.-A. & Schäfer, J. T. (2021). Efficiency in COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns—A Comparison across Germany’s Federal States. Vaccines 2021, 9, 788.
• de Haas, S., Herold, D., & Schäfer, J. T. (2020). Shopping Hours and Entry - an Empirical Analysis of Aldi’s Opening Hours. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 20(1), 139-156.
• Götz, G., & Schäfer, J. T. (2020). Financing railways. In Handbook on Railway Regulation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• de Haas, S., Herold, D., & Schäfer, J. T. (2019). Pegel runter, Preise hoch - Wie der Rheinpegel die Tankstellenpreise in Hamburg beeinflusst. Wirtschaftsdienst, 99(4), 296-298.
• Schäfer, J. T., & Götz, G. (2017). Public budget contributions to the European rail sector. Review of Network Economics, 16(2), 89-123.
• Working Paper
• Götz, G., Herold, D., Klotz, P. A., & Schäfer, J. T. (2020). The Substitutability between Brick-and-Mortar Stores and e-Commerce - The Case of Books. MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics, No. 11-2020
• Götz, G., Herold, D., Klotz, P. A., & Schäfer, J. T. (2020). Innovation, Bestsellers and Digitization - Where to Find the Needle in the Haystack? MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics, No. 12-2020.

 

TEACHING

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• 2015 - Present: Seminars on issues in competition policy, regulation and antitrust.
• 2017 - 2019: Graduate course on web scraping, data mining and empirical methods.

 

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES

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• 2022: Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS), Basel.
• 2019: MaCCI Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation, Mannheim. Bergen Competition Policy Conference, Bergen. Conference on Transport Economics and Policy, Berlin. EARIE European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Barcelona. Workshop on the Economics of Fixed Book Price Systems, Gießen.
• 2018: Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS), Freiburg. EARIE European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Athens. CISS Competition and Innovation Summer School, Montenegro.
• 2017: Symposium Schienen-Control Kommission, Vienna. EARIE European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Maastricht. CISS Competition and Innovation Summer School, Italy. Workshop Financing and Performance of the European Railway Sector, Giessen.
• 2016: Conference on Transport Economics and Policy, Berlin.
• 2015: CISS Competition and Innovation Summer School, Turkey.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

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• python, VBA, html, LATEX, STATA, Mathematica, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Linux, computer hardware and system administration.

 

LANGUAGES

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• German: Mothertongue

• English: Advanced

• Russian: Basic