Dr. Christian Rusche
Senior Economist for Industrial Organization and Competition
Tel: +49 221 4981-412 Mail: rusche@iwkoeln.de- 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
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
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
Subsidizing Semiconductor Production for a Strategically Autonomous European Union?
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.
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European competitiveness: Exploiting potential for sustainable growth
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.
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A Coronavirus Shock for the Retail Sector in German City Centres
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.
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Competition in the Digital Economy: An Analysis of Gatekeepers and Regulations
The Digital Age saw the rise of several rapidly growing digital platforms with substantial market shares. Europe is a large target market for these globally operating platforms, although the majority of the most successful platforms come from the USA or Asia.
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Differentiated Treatment of Business Users by Online Platforms
Online platforms have gained importance in the past couple of years. They are present all over the world and in many sectors of the economy. Their main purpose is to facilitate transactions between various user groups. Hence, online platforms can be defined as online spaces in which users are brought together by a platform operator, in order to facilitate an interaction (the exchange of information, a commercial transaction, etc.).
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Decoupling Chimerica: Consequences for the European Union
The People’s Republic of China experienced a tremendous economic development within the last four decades. The increased economic power and political weight of China are challenging the USA and EU. Furthermore, the strategies used by China for its own development, e.g. broad-based industry policy with distortive subsidization, forced technology transfer or investment restrictions, are perceived as unfair, especially in the US, but to a large extent also in the EU.
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Status quo and trends in e-commerce in Germany
However, e-commerce is not equally important in the individual product groups. Above all, food is still largely sold offline. In the near future, the importance of e-commerce is expected to increase further.
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The Economics of Platforms
Digital platforms already dominate the top 10 of the world’s most valuable firms. The specific characteristics of their business model, such as quick growth and market power soon after market entry, have provoked public discourse.
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Strengthened competition in payment services
Starting on January 13, 2018, the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will apply in the European Union. Among other things, the Directive’s aim is to adapt regulation to the innovations in payment services and to promote the Single Market for non-cash payments. However, PSD2 will only strengthen competition between payment services under a common standard for the access to banking accounts.
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The Activities of Chinese Investors in Germany
Since 2014, China has been investing more abroad than foreign companies have been investing in China. The Chinese government is encouraging foreign direct investment not only to modernize the economy, but also to acquire influence and secure essential resources. In Germany, the activities of Chinese investors have come under increasing criticism, though only a small proportion of Chinese direct investment is directed towards Germany.
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