Senior Research Associate On leave at the Department of Economics, University of Virginia Phone: +41 (0)44 634 21 17 Email: daniel.halbheer@isu.uzh.ch Office: PLM 418

Short Biography

Daniel Halbheer studied economics with a major in econometrics at the University of Zurich, where he obtained his licentiate in 2002. After that he joined the research group of Armin Schmutzler at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in economics in 2006. Before joining Ulrich Kaiser’s research group in 2008, he was a research associate at the Center for Quantitative Economics and Econometrics at the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission. He is currently visiting the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. His research includes theoretical work, laboratory experiments, and econometric studies based on field data in the fields of industrial organization and regulation.

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Publications

• Gärtner, D. and D. Halbheer (2009): Are There Waves in Merger Activity After All?, International Journal of Industrial Organization 27(6), 708-718.
• Halbheer, D., E. Fehr, L. Goette, and A. Schmutzler (2009): Self-Reinforcing Market Dominance, Games and Economic Behavior 69(2), 481-502.
• Buehler, S., D. Gärtner, and D. Halbheer (2006): Deregulating Network Industries: Dealing with Price-Quality Tradeoffs, Journal of Regulatory Economics 30(1), 99-115.
• Halbheer, D., S. Niggli, and A. Schmutzler (2006): What does it take to sell Environmental Policy? An empirical Analysis of Referendum Data, Environmental and Resource Economics 33(4), 441-462.