Research Focus

• Theory of the Commons/Public Economics
• Game Theory/Experimental Economics/Industrial Organization
• Political Economy/Constitutional Political Economy
• Methodology/Epistemology
• Monetary Macroeconomics

Degrees earned

• BA in Economics/Business Administration (Vordiplom), 1997
• MA in Economics (Prädikatsexamen), 1998
• MA in Political Science, 2001
• Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

Studies

• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., Freiburg, Germany (Economics, Business Administration, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology)
• Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA (Economics, Political Science)
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Economics)
• Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Economics, Sociology)
• University of California, Berkeley, USA (Economics, Political Science)

Positions/Scholarships

• Research Assistant, Institut für Allgemeine Wirtschaftsforschung, Abteilung für Wirtschaftspolitik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., (1996-1997)
• Rainer Horstmann Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington (1997-1998)
• Member of the Project Group „Making Choices“ organized by Joachim Frohn, Werner Güth, Hartmut Kliemt and Reinhard Selten at the Center for interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany (1999-2000)
• Graduate Assistant and Research Associate, Indiana University Bloomington (since 1998)
• Research Associate at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington (since 1998)
• Research Associate at the Max-Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany (since 1999)

Projects

• Trans-boundary Common-Pool Resource Problems. An Experimental Analysis
  (with Martin Beckenkamp)
• Cooperators as Efficiency Lovers? – Evidence from a Public Good Experiment (with Maria Vittoria Levati)
• The Evolution of Cooperative Behavior in Social Dilemmas. An Indirect Evolutionary Approach
• The Role of Rivalry: Public Goods versus Common-Pool Resources
  (with Jose Apesteguia)
• Learning and Knightian Uncertainty in Common-Pool Resource Games: Lessons from Cournot Oligopoly
  (with Burkhard Schipper)
• Presentation Effects in Symmetric and Asymmetric Dilemma Games – Experimental Evidence
  (with Martin Beckenkamp and Heike Hennig-Schmidt)
• The Institution of Ostracism: Evidence from a Linear Public Good Experiment
  (with Astrid Hopfensitz, Peter Martinsson and Gianandrea Staffiero)
• Draconic Punishment versus Gradual Escalation: An Experimental Study
  (with Werner Güth)
• Jurisdictional Competition: An Evolutionary and Experimental Analysis
  (with Werner Güth)

Links

• Personal Homepage

Publications

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Martinsson P., Staffiero G., Ostracism and the Provision of a Public Good - Experimental Evidence, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, In Press. Preprint

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Parplies K., EU Merger Control Five Years after the Introduction of the SIEC test: What explains the drop in Enforcement Activity?, European Competition Law Review (ECLR), vol. 11, pp. 565-579, 2009.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Adam M., The Law and Economics of Article 82 EC and the Commission Guidance Paper on Exclusionary Conduct, Journal of Competition Law (ZWeR – Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht), vol. 1, pp. 131-146, 2009.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Hellström P., Wenzel Bulst F., Remedies in European Antitrust Law, Antitrust Law Journal, vol. 76, pp. 43-63, 2009.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Maier-Rigaud R., Rüstows Konzept der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft: Sozial- und wettbewerbspolitische Dimensionen einer überwirtschaftlichen Ordnung, 60 Jahre Soziale Marktwirtschaft: Illusionen und Reinterpretationen einer ordnungspolitischen Integrationsformel, Aßländer M., Ulrich P., (Eds.), Bern/Stuttgart/Wien, Haupt Verlag, pp. 69-94, 2009.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Wiesen D., Parplies K., Experimental Economics and Competition Policy: Unilateral and coordinated effects in competition games, European Competition Law Review (ECLR), vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 408-417, 2008.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Friederiszick H., The Role of Economics in Cartel Detection in Europe, The More Economic Approach in European Competition Law, Schmidtchen D., Albert M., Voigt S., (Eds.), Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, pp. 179-196, 2008.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Friederiszick H., Triggering inspections ex officio: Moving beyond a passive EU cartel policy, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 89-113, 2008.

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Beckenkamp M., Purchase Decisions with Non-linear Pricing Options under Risk – Experimental Evidence, issue 2007/10, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, pp. 33, 2007. Abstract Full text

Maier-Rigaud F. P., Lowe P., Quo Vadis Antitrust Remedies, International Antitrust Law & Policy: Fordham Competition Law 2007, Hawk B., (Ed.): Fordham University School of Law, pp. 597-611, 2007.

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