Dr. Wofgang Benedikt Schmal

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• How Transformative are Transformative Agreements? Evidence from Germany Across Disciplines, Scientometrics, Vol. 129, 2024, pp. 1863–1889
• Vice Versa: The Decoupling of Content and Topic Heterogeneity in Collusion Research, Journal of Economic Surveys, December 2023 (online first)
• The role of gender and coauthors in academic publication behavior, Research Policy, Vol. 52 (10), December 2023 -  joint with Justus Haucap and Leon Knoke
• Downstream Profit Effects of Horizontal Mergers: Horn & Wolinsky and von Ungern-Sternberg Revisited, Th B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 23 (4), 2023, pp. 981 - 1000
• What Cannot Be Cured Must Be Endured: The Long-Lasting Effect of a COVID-19 Infection on Workplace Productivity, Labour Economics, Vol. 79 (2022), 102281   -- joint with Kai Fischer and J. James Reade
• The Impact of the German 'DEAL' on Competition in the Academic Publishing Market, Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 42 (8), 2021, pp. 2027 - 2049 -- joint with Justus Haucap & Nima Moshgbar

Policybeiträge

• Fußball: Fangewalt und Polizeikosten [Football: Fan Violence and Policing Costs], Wirtschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, Vol. 104, No. 5 (2024), pp. 294 - joint with Karsten Mause
• Digitaler Euro: Resiliente Alternative zum Bargeld? [The Digital Euro: A Resilient Alternative to Cash?], Wirtschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, Vol. 103, No. 9 (2023), pp. 585 - joint with Ekkehard Köhler
• Compliancerisiken staatlicher Unternehmensbeteiligungen [Compliance Risks of State-Owned Company Investments], WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, Vol. 49, No. 11 (2020), pp. 29-35

2024

• Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik, [German Econ. Assoc.], TU Berlin -- Paper presentation + Invited Panelist on "Open Access in Economics" organized by the ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• TU Ilmenau Brownbag Seminar
• EARIE Annual Conference 2024, University of Amsterdam (NL)
• EEA-ESEM Annual Conference 2024, Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
• WOW7 - Commons, Polycentricity, & Democracy: Building upon 50 years of Ostrom Governance Research: Indiana University, Bloomington (IN, USA)
• 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE), University of Chicago (IL, USA)
• OLIGO Workshop, University of Crete (GR)
• Munich Summer Institute 2024, LMU Munich University (DE)
• 51st Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, WU Vienna University (AT)
• OASPA Panel Session on the impact of "Plan S"*
• “The Organisation, Economics and Policy of Scientific Research” Workshop, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin (IT)
• NOUS Spotlight Seminar*, Network for Constitutional Economics and Social Philosophy

2023

• CWTS Research Seminar, Leiden University (NL)
• Leipzig University Lunchtime Seminar (DE)
• MSI Brown Bag Seminar, KU Leuven (BE)
• RISE6 Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
• 2nd Markets and Society Conference, George Mason University (VA, USA);
• Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik, [German Econ. Assoc.], University of Regensburg (DE),
• OLIGO Workshop, University of Padova (IT);
• 16th Biennial Conference of the International Network for Economic Method (INEM), Ca’Foscari University Venice (IT)
• Leuven-Zurich Workshop on Innovation Economics, KU Leuven (BE);
• 50th Annual Conference of the European Public Choice Society, Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
• Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2023, University of Glasgow (UK)
• 60th Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Seattle (WA, USA)

2022

• ASCOLA UK’s seminar series on new methods in competition law* (UK);
• 1^st Mercatus Markets & Society Conference 2022, George Mason University (VA, USA)
• EARIE Annual Conference 2022, University of Vienna (AT
• 1st NOUS Workshop ”Ordoliberalism: The Next Generation”, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg (DE);
• RIDGE LACEA May Forum 2022 – Health Economics Workshop*
• 10th OLIGO Workshop, University of Cyprus, Nicosia (CY);
• Annual Conference of the German Health Economics Society (dggö), University of Hamburg (DE)

2021

• OASPA Webinar and Panel Discussion on “Fully Open Access Agreements” in Academic Publishing (invited)
• Annual Medical Conference of the World Rugby Association (invited)*

• ICEA ’After the Pandemic’ Economics Conference Series: Public Health*

• CESifo Area Conference on the Economics of Digitization 2021*
• 92nd International Atlantic Economic Conference 2021*
• SasCa PhD Conference, University of Sassari/Ca’Foscari University Venice (IT)
• OLIGO Workshop 2021*, Maastricht University (NL)

• Regelmäßige Teilnahme am zweimal jährlich stattfindenden Hohenheimer Oberseminar

Wintersemester 2024/25

•     Vorlesung „Mikroökonomik”
•     Übung “Medienmärkte & Digitalisierung”
•     Hauptseminar/Master Seminar

Jederzeit: Betreuung von Abschlussarbeiten (Themen: hier)

• Verein für Socialpolitik
• European Economic Association
• OLIGO Society
• NOUS – Netzwerk für Ordnungsökonomik und Sozialphilosophie (Young Affiliate)
• ASCOLA – Academic Society or Competition Law
• Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft