Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation
The Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) in Mannheim, Germany is an economic research institute and a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community.[1] Under the leadership of the directors Thomas Kohl, Georg Licht, Martin Peitz and Thomas Fetzer,[2] president of the Institute, and Joachim Bornkamm, chairman of the advisory board, MaCCI employs a staff of about 33 researchers and about 20 Ph.D students. The MaCCI was established in Mannheim in 2008 and is still headquartered there. MaCCI is an initiative by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim School of Law and Economics of the University of Mannheim. Launched as a virtual platform in 2008, MaCCI has become a Leibniz‐ScienceCampus as of January 2012.The institute is organized as an NGO with a legal form of GmbH.[3]
Abbreviation | MaCCI |
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Formation | 2008 |
Type | NGO, GmbH |
Purpose | Research |
Location | |
Region served | Europe, Germany |
Membership | Leibniz Association |
Directors | Thomas Kohl Georg Licht Martin Peitz Thomas Fetzer |
Affiliations | University of Mannheim ZEW Baden-Wuerttemberg |
Staff | 33 |
Volunteers | 20 (Ph.D students) |
Website | macci-mannheim.eu |
Organization and structure
Currently, the MaCCI is engaged in several research projects that are divided into four different research clusters:
- Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law
- Evaluation of Competition Policy Rules and Institutions
- Requirements for an Efficient and Reliable Design of Electricity Markets
- Net Neutrality – Governmental Support and Options
Research and focus
The major objective of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) is to stimulate and disseminate research in the area of competition, regulation and innovation policy, broadly defined.[4] The MaCCI community consists of researchers of the ZEW and the University of Mannheim who have a law or economics focus in the fields of competition, regulation and innovation policy. MaCCI further provides a platform for discussions between academic re‐ searchers and practitioners through the organization of recurrent events such as the MaCCI Annual Conference, the Mannheim Energy Conference, the MaCCI Law & Economics Conference, the MaCCI Summer Institute on Competition Policy, or the Mannheim Competition Policy Forum (MCPF).[5]
Selected publications
The following list is non-exhaustive:
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See also
Notes and references
- "About MaCCI in Mannheim". macci-mannheim.eu. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- "MaCCI – Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation: Board of Directors". University of Mannheim. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus "Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation" (MaCCI) startet durch". ZEW. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- "Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI): Profile". University of Mannheim. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Mannheim: Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI)". leibniz-gemeinschaft.de. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.