CV Andreas Polk - HWR Berlin

CV Andreas Polk
Personal information
Prof. Dr. Andreas Polk
Professor of Economics
Department of Business and Economics
Berlin School of Economics and Law
Phone: +49 30 30877 1162
Mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.hwr-berlin.de/en/prof/andreas-polk
Postal address:
Badensche Str. 52
10825 Berlin
Germany
Current affiliations
since 2008
Professor of Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law.
since 2012
Course director of the study programme Economics, Berlin School of
Economics and Law.
since 2011
Member of the Academic Senate, Berlin School of Economics and
Law.
since 2013
Member of the Faculty Council, Berlin School of Economics and Law.
since 2011
Regular member of expert panels for the re-accreditation of higher
education institutions in Croatia.
Academic and professional career
Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office, Germany), focus on energy
policy and the economic foundations of competition policy.
Obtained doctorate at the University of Zurich on the topic ”The
Economics of Lobbying and Special Interest Groups”.
Assistant to the Chair for Microeconomics, Industrial Organisation,
and Environmental Economics at the University of Zurich (Prof. Dr.
Schmutzler).
Assistant to the Chair for Economic Theory at the University of
Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Faber).
Studied Economics at the University of Heidelberg and the University
of Duisburg .
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Main research interests
Applied microeconomics and game theory
Market analysis, competition policy and regulation
Political economy (lobbying analysis)
Journal publications (peer-reviewed)
Polk, A., Schmutzler, A. and M¨
uller, A. (2014), ”Lobbying and the
power of multinational firms”, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 36, 209-227.
Bilotkach, V. and Polk, A (2013), ”Market Power of Airports: A Case
Study for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol”, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Vol. 14, No. 4, 320-338.
Polk, A. and Bilotkach, V. (2013), ”The Assessment of Market Power
of Hub Airports, Transport Policy, Vol. 29, 29-37.
Polk, A. and Schmutzler, A. (2005), Lobbying against environmental
regulation vs. lobbying for loopholes, European Journal of Political
Economy, Vol. 21, No. 4, 915-931.
Polk, A. (2000), Multilaterale Abkommen f¨
ur Direktinvestitionen
Eine Kritik am MAI aus industrie¨okonomischer Sicht, Aussenwirtschaft,
55(4), 527-547.
Other publications
Polk, A. (2012), ”Ein Lob des Lobbyismus”, Bl¨
atter f¨
ur deutsche und
internationale Politik, 11/2012, 36-38.
Polk, A. (2011), ”Lobbying: Public Interest and Private Conduct”,
CESifo DICE Report, 1/2011 (Spring), 3-7.
Polk, A. (2010), ”The economic market power of Amsterdam Airport
Schiphol: A Rejoinder”, published online at www.airneth.nl.
M¨
uller, J., Bilotkach, V., Fichert, F., Niemeier H.M., Pels, E. and
Polk, A. (2010), ”The economic market power of Amsterdam Airport
Schiphol”, Study commissioned by the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa), April 2010.
Windeck, C. and Polk A. (2010), ”Strafzettel XXXL. Die Milliardenstrafe der EU gegen Intel”, c’t magazin f¨
ur computer technik, 2/2010,
152-156.
Polk, A., Rasek, A. and Thiele, G. (2006), ”Konglomerate Zusammenschl¨
usse in der Fusionskontrolle - Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick”, Diskussionspapier des Bundeskartellamtes zur Professorentagung, 2006.
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Polk, A. and Schmutzler, A. (2000), ”Game-Theoretic Models of Regional Competition for Plant Locations”, in: Roy, Schulz (Hrsg),
”Theory of Regional Competition”, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2000.
Working papers & work in progress
Lobbying and institutions in Germany.
Lobbying and Active Citizenship. The Role of Information Technology and Web Based Education Systems.
Conferences
2013 7th Workshop on Political Economy, Dresden · ATRS, Bergamo
· Verein f¨
ur Socialpolitik, D¨
usseldorf
2011 MaCCI, ZEW Mannheim
2010 ATRS, Porto · GARS Workshop, Bremen
2000 EARIE, Lausanne.
Referee
Economics E-Journal, Journal of Air Transport Management, Research in Transportation Economics, Transport Policy.
Invited talks
2014
2013
2006
2006
2005
Appearances
Spiegel online, Manager Magazin online, 13 October 2014
Euro Magazin, 6/2014
K¨
olncampus, 10 March 2014 (radio interview)
Immobilien Airports, 7-8/2014
Teaching
Microeconomics
Applied microeconomics and game theory
Markets, competition and regulation
Pricing techniques
Managerial economics
The political economy of special interest groups
The economic analysis of mergers & acquisitions
GIZ Berlin
Youth-Future-Conference, Bonn
University of Bonn
European Academy, Berlin
University of Maastricht
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Guest professorships
2014 Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam
2013 Ramkhamhaeng University Bangkok, Thailand
2010 University of Kobe, Japan
October 15, 2014
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