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Christian Rusche

Dr. Christian Rusche

Senior Economist for Competition and Structural Change

Tel: +49 221 4981-412
  • Graduation as Diplom-Volkswirt at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • 2015 Completion of doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Technical University of Dortmund
  • Since 2016 at the IW

IW Publications

Hüther, Michael / Bardt, Hubertus / Bähr, Cornelius / Matthes, Jürgen / Röhl, Klaus-Heiner / Rusche, Christian / Schaefer, Thilo, 2023, Industriepolitik in der Zeitenwende, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 7, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie

Büchel, Jan / Rusche, Christian, 2023, Datenbewertung der Unternehmen – Status quo und Auswirkungen von Unsicherheit, in: IW-Trends, 50. Jg., Nr. 3, S. 107-125
Zur Studie

Büchel, Jan / Rusche, Christian, 2023, Theoretische Auswirkungen von Unsicherheit bei der Bewertung von Daten. Ein mikroökonomischer Ansatz, Studie im Rahmen Projekts IEDS, gefördert und betreut durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), IW-Report, Nr. 33, Köln
Zur Studie

Engler, Jan Felix / Rusche, Christian, 2023, Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen des 9-Euro-Tickets, in: IW-Trends, 50. Jg., Nr. 1, S. 3-21
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Sultan, Samina / Rusche, Christian / Busch, Berthold / Bardt, Hubertus, 2022, Single Market Emergency Instrument. An instrument with pitfalls, IW-Kurzbericht, Nr. 85, Köln
Zur Studie

Bardt, Hubertus / Busch, Berthold / Rusche, Christian / Sultan, Samina, 2022, Single Market Emergency Instrument. Ein Instrument mit Tücken, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 7, Köln
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Bardt, Hubertus / Parthie, Sandra / Rusche, Christian, 2022, Europäische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Potenziale nutzen, um nachhaltig zu wachsen, IW-Report, Nr. 12, Köln / Brüssel
Zur Studie

Goecke, Henry / Rusche, Christian, 2021, Corona-Schock für den Handel in deutschen Innenstädten. Eine empirische Analyse mit Passantendaten, in: IW-Trends, 48. Jg., Nr. 3, S. 25-44
Zur Studie

(in cooperation with Marc Scheufen)
Der Wolf im Schafspelz – Zur Ökonomik der EU-Urheberrechtsreform
IW-Kurzbericht 23/2019

Chinesische Beteiligungen und Übernahmen 2018 in Deutschland
IW-Kurzbericht 5/2018

(in cooperation with Marc Scheufen)
On (Intellectual) Property and other Legal Frameworks in the Digital Economy
IW-Report 48/2018

(in cooperation with Vera Demary)
Zukunftsfaktor 5G – Eine ökonomische Perspektive
IW-Report 45/2018

(in cooperation with Vera Demary)
The Economics of Platforms
IW-Analyse, Forschungsbericht Nr. 123

(in cooperation with Vera Demary)
Daten als Wettbewerbsfaktor
IW-Kurzbericht 58/2018

(in cooperation with Vera Demary)
Digitale Plattformen – noch ein B2C-Geschäft
IW-Kurzbericht 56/2018

(in cooperation with Vera Demary)
Digitale Plattformen – China dominiert
IW-Kurzbericht 55/2018

(in cooperation with Jasmina Kirchhoff)
Versandhandel – Keine Bedrohung für den Apothekenmarkt
IW-Kurzbericht 15/2018

Chinesische Investoren in Deutschland in 2017 sehr aktiv
IW-Kurzbericht 9/2018

(in cooperation with Markus Demary)
Strengthened competition in payment services
IW-Kurzbericht 4/2018

Chinesische Investitionen in den deutschen Bundesländern
IW-Kurzbericht 60/2017

Aktivitäten chinesischer Investoren in Deutschland
IW-Trends 2/2017

Machtverteilung nach Wahlen – Eine spieltheoretische Analyse der Wahlergebnisse in Schleswig-Holstein und Nordrhein-Westfalen
IW-Report 15/2017

(in cooperation with Vera Demary)
Zwischen Kooperation und Wettbewerb – Industrie 4.0 und europäisches Kartellrecht
IW-Report 14/2017

Wettbewerbsrecht 2.0
IW-Kurzbericht 20/2017

Potenziale von Standards für die deutsche Wirtschaft
IW policy papers 2/2017

(in cooperation with Vera Demary, Barbara Engels, Klaus-Heiner Röhl)
Digitalisierung und Mittelstand – Eine Metastudie
IW-Analyse, Forschungsbericht Nr. 109

Expertises

(in cooperation with Vera Demary, Barbara Engels, Manuel Fritsch, Henry Goecke, Alevtina Krotova, Marc Scheufen, Christopher Thiele, Karl Lichtblau, Edgar Schmitz, Boris Otto, Tobias Korte, Can Azkan, Markus Spiekermann, Dominik Lis, Joshua Gelhaar, Lennart Iggenna, Lukas Maisel, Bernd Trautmann,  Jens Fiedler,  Osianoh Aliu,  Pascal Bresser, Nils Müller)
Data Economy. Status quo der deutschen Wirtschaft & Handlungsfelder in der Data Economy
Studie für das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), 2019

(in cooperation with Christoph Busch, Vera Demary, Barbara Engels, Justus Haucap, Christiane Kehder, Ina Loebert)
Sharing Economy im Wirtschaftsraum Deutschland
Gutachten im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie, 2018

(in cooperation with Vera Demary, Barbara Engels)
Qualitative und quantitative Auswirkungen der Sharing Economy in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Gutachten für das Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Industrie, Mittelstand und Handwerk des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2016

External Publications

Sultan, Samina / Rusche, Christian / Bardt, Hubertus / Busch, Berthold, 2023, Single Market Emergency Instrument. A Tool with Pitfalls, in: Intereconomics, 58. Jg., Heft 3, S. 160-166
Zur Studie

Bardt, Hubertus / Röhl, Klaus-Heiner / Rusche, Christian, 2022, Subsidizing Semiconductor Production for a Strategically Autonomous European Union?, in: The Economists’ Voice, https://doi.org/10.1515/ev-2022-0007
Zur Studie

(gemeinsam mit Marc Scheufen)
Sinn und Unsinn der EU-Urheberrechtsreform
Ifo Schnelldienst, 72. Jg., Heft 13, 2019, S. 3–5 

(gemeinsam mit Klaus-Heiner Röhl)
Europäische Champions: Ein industriepolitischer Irrweg
ifo Schnelldienst, 72. Jg., Heft 8, 2019, S. 12–14

(gemeinsam mit Christoph Busch, Vera Demary, Barbara Engels, Christiane Kehder, Ina Loebert)
Sharing Economy in Deutschland, Stellenwert und Regulierungsoptionen für Beherbungsdienstleistungen
Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2019

Data Economy and Antitrust Regulation
Intereconomics, Vol. 54, No.2, 2019, pp.114–119

Konflikte unter spieltheoretischer Betrachtung - eine Einführung
Grin Verlag 2009, ISBN 3640273249

OPEC vs. Diamantenkartell / "Gas-OPEC
Grin Verlag 2009, ISBN 3640273257

On the evolution of preferences and delegation in Tullock rent-seeking contests
Dissertation, 2015

More from Dr. Christian Rusche

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Industrial policy at the turn of the times
IW-Policy Paper No. 7 17. September 2023

Industrial policy at the turn of the times

Michael Hüther / Hubertus Bardt / Cornelius Bähr / Jürgen Matthes / Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Christian Rusche / Thilo Schaefer

The current debate on industrial policy vacillates between the extreme positions of an orthodoxy of rejecting state action and a naive belief in the state's ability to control structural change.

IW

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Valuing Companies' Data – The State of the Art and the Effects of Uncertainty
IW-Trends No. 3 21. August 2023

Valuing Companies' Data

Jan Büchel / Christian Rusche

Data is becoming increasingly important both for companies and for national economies. Since the full potential of business data can only be realised when several users exploit it simultaneously, data sharing is also becoming more common.

IW

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Theoretical effects of uncertainty in the evaluation of data
IW-Report No. 33 16. June 2023

Theoretical effects of uncertainty in the evaluation of data

Jan Büchel / Christian Rusche

Businesses can benefit from effective data management and data sharing with other businesses. Data recipients can use the data for product or process optimization, for example, and data providers can receive a fee.

IW

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A Tool with Pitfalls
External Publication 5. June 2023

Single Market Emergency Instrument: A Tool with Pitfalls

Samina Sultan / Christian Rusche / Hubertus Bardt / Berthold Busch in Intereconomics

In reaction to disruptions of the Single Market, the European Commission put forward an emergency instrument. It proposes far-reaching measures in order to maintain the proper functioning of the Single Market and ensure the supply and distribution of goods and services.

IW

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The Economic Impact of the 9-Euro-Ticket
IW-Trends No. 1 15. March 2023

The Economic Impact of the 9-Euro-Ticket

Jan Felix Engler / Christian Rusche

The 9-Euro-Ticket, which provided a month’s unlimited travel on local and regional trains, trams and buses throughout Germany, was available from June to August 2022.

IW

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An instrument with pitfalls
IW-Kurzbericht No. 85 20. October 2022

Single Market Emergency Instrument: An instrument with pitfalls

Samina Sultan / Christian Rusche / Berthold Busch / Hubertus Bardt

In reaction to recent disruptions concerning the Single Market, the European Commission proposed an Emergency Instrument to maintain the proper functioning of the Single Market and ensure the supply and distribution of goods and services. It provides for far-reaching measures. The dirigiste interventions in the market it allows, are to be critically questioned, while better coordination and exchange of information between the member states could be an added value of the SMEI.

IW

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Single Market Emergency Instrument – An instrument with pitfalls
IW-Policy Paper No. 7 13. October 2022

Single Market Emergency Instrument – An instrument with pitfalls

Hubertus Bardt / Berthold Busch / Christian Rusche / Samina Sultan

The Single Market is one of the most important achievements of the European Union (EU) and it contributes significantly to economic welfare. In fact, most of the international trade of the Member States takes place in the Single Market.

IW

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External Publication
Subsidizing Semiconductor Production for a Strategically Autonomous European Union?
External Publication 21. June 2022

Subsidizing Semiconductor Production for a Strategically Autonomous European Union?

Hubertus Bardt / Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Christian Rusche in The Economists' Voice

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of international supply chains and the dependency of the economy of the European Union (EU) on goods from non-EU countries. The scarcity of microchips that has persisted since the COVID lockdowns has laid bare the dependency of the EU on overseas producers of this essential high-tech product.

IW

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Exploiting potential for sustainable growth
IW-Report No. 12 25. March 2022

European competitiveness: Exploiting potential for sustainable growth

Hubertus Bardt / Sandra Parthie / Christian Rusche

The EU's position as a major global economic power is increasingly under threat. On the one hand, this is a consequence of the crises that the EU has faced in the last two decades. In particular, these include the global financial crisis (2007-2009), the euro crisis (2010-2012), the refugee crisis (2015-2016), Brexit (2016-2020), the Corona pandemic since 2020 and the war in Ukraine from 2022.

IW

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An Empirical Analysis with Footfall Data
IW-Trends No. 3 7. September 2021

A Coronavirus Shock for the Retail Sector in German City Centres

Henry Goecke / Christian Rusche

The Corona pandemic and the measures taken to contain the virus have delivered an asymmetrical shock to German business. This asymmetry is exemplified by the effects on the retail trade, an import ant part of the nation’s economy.

IW

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