Prof. Dr. Andreas Polk

Please find a complete CV with a list of publications on the right hand side.

Advisory Board and member Transparency National Deutschland e.V.

Mentor Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

About me

Academic and professional career

  • Professor of Economics,
    Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (since 2008)
  • Bundeskartellamt, Bonn (2003-2007)
  • PhD University of Zürich, Switzerland
  • Studies of economics at the University of Heidelberg and University of Duisburg

Research

"The Political Economy of Lobbying" (editor with K. Mause), Springer. [Link]

"Handbuch Lobbyismus" (Herausgeber mit K. Mause), Springer. [Link]

"Ist die Zentralvermarktung der Fußball-Bundesliga kartellrechtlich gerechtfertigt?", Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 2021(9), 502-508. [Link]

"Do political links influence water prices? Determinants of water prices in Germany" (mit M. Hellwig), Utilities Policy, 2021, Vol. 70 (online first).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2021.101184

"Mehr Transparenz durch das Lobbyingregister?", Wirtschaftsdienst, 2021, 101(2), 121-126.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-021-2853-1

"What do we know about lobbying in Germany?", Review of Economics, 2020, 71(1), 43-79.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/roe-2019-0035

"Lobbying and the power of multinational firms" (with A. Schmutzler and A. Müller), European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, Vol. 36, 209-227.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.07.010

Market power of airports: A case study for Amsterdam airport Schiphol" (with V. Bilotkach), Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 2013, Vol. 14(4), 320-337.
DOI: 10.1177/178359171301400401

"The Assessment of Market Power of Hub Airports" (with V. Bilotkach), Transport Policy, 2013, Vol. 29, 29-37.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.03.004

"Lobbying against environmental regulation vs. lobbying for loopholes" (with A. Schmutzler), European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, Vol. 21(4), 915-931.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.04.003

  • Lobbyismus
  • Competition policy, digital economics, regulation
  • Applied microeconomics
  • Law and economics

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel online, Zeit online, Tagesspiegel, Manager Magazin, ARD, WDR, SWR.

Teaching

Regular teaching

  • Microeconomics
  • Applied microeconomics
  • Markets, competition and regulation
  • Politics, the state and the non-profit-sector
  • Managerial economics
  • Statistics II

For a complete list of current and planned lectures, please switch to my German page.