Thomas Hildebrand
Director
Dr Thomas Hildebrand is a Director in the Berlin office. He has more than 15 years of experience supporting clients across all fields of competition economics, with a particular focus on cartel and information exchange cases (e.g. trucks, air cargo, synthetic rubber), merger proceedings (e.g. RHI/Magnesita, HeidelbergCement/Italcementi, Immonet/Immowelt) and abuse of dominance cases. Thanks to his empirically informed background, Thomas has particular expertise in applying statistical and econometric methods to competition economics cases. His industry experience spans a broad variety of fields including grocery retailing, fast-moving consumer goods, chemicals, cement, refractories, automotive parts, freight forwarding, print/television/online advertising and digital markets. Thomas has worked on cases brought before the European Commission, the German Bundeskartellamt and the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) as well as on private litigation matters.
Thomas has been recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader under 45 in Who’s Who Legal’s Competition Economist Future Leaders category. Prior to joining E.CA Economics, Thomas worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the “Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems” Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 15 programme at Humboldt University of Berlin and as a guest researcher at Deutsche Bundesbank.
Thomas holds a Doctoral degree in Economics from Humboldt University as well as a double Diploma degree in Economics from Humboldt University and the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE) Paris. In his research Thomas has focussed on two-sided markets and financial economics. His work has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as Management Science, Economics Letters and Research Policy.
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- Dr. rer. pol. in Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Diplom-Volkswirt in Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Statisticien Economiste, ENSAE Paris
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- Economic analyses
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Empirie schlägt Vermutung: Vorschläge für eine bessere Nutzung ökonomischer Gutachten in Kartellschadensersatzverfahren
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GCR Insight – Enforcer Hub – Germany overview
Hans W. Friederiszick, Thomas Hildebrand, Simone Kohnz, Rainer Nitsche, GCR Insight, Enforcer Hub, January 2021An extract from GCR’s Enforcer Hub is available here. The whole publication is available at https://globalcompetitionreview.com/insight/enforcer-hub/2020
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Adverse incentives in crowdfunding
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The distribution of partnership returns: Evidence from co-authorships in economics journals
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Estimating network effects in two-sided markets without data on prices and quantities
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Online social networks: why we disclose
Thomas Hildebrand, Hanna Krasnova, Sarah Spiekermann and Ksenia Koroleva, Journal of Information Technology 25:109-125, June 2010 -
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Multi-Channel Demand in Two-Sided Markets: Evidence from the Magazines Industry
Thomas Hildebrand participated in the Bates White 9th Annual Antitrust Conference on 7th June 2012 in Washington.
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Flight to Where? Evidence from Bank Investments During the Financial Crisis
Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl, Alexander Schulz, 7th FIRS Annual Conference, Minneapolis, June 2012Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl and Alexander Schulz presented at the 7th FIRS Annual Conference, Minneapolis, 1-4 June 2012
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Multi-Channel Demand in Two-Sided Markets: Evidence from the Magazines Industry
Thomas Hildebrand spoke at the 38th EARIE Annual Conference, Stockholm on 1-3 September 2011. The conference was hosted by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) & Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). It was chaired by Martin Peitz
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Skin in the Game: Evidence from the Online Social Lending Market
Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl, Manju Puri, European Finance Association (EFA), Stockholm, August 2011Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl and Manju Puri presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association, organised by Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), the Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) and Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, was held at Clarion Sign Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden on 17-20 August 2011.
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Skin in the Game: Evidence from the Online Social Lending Market
Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl, Manju Puri, American Economic Association (AEA), Denver, January 2011Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl and Manju Puri presented at the AEA 2011 Annual Meeting, Denver, 7-9 January 2011
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Skin in the Game: The Incentive Structure in Online Social Lending
Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl, Manju Puri, Financial Management Association (FMA), New York, with Manju Puri and Jörg RochollOctober 2010, October 2010Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl and Manju Puri presented at the Financial Management Association (FMA) in New York in October 2010
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Skin in the Game in the Originate-to-Distribute Model: Evidence from the Online Social Lending Market
Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl, Manju Puri, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft (DGF), Hamburg, October 2010Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl and Manju Puri presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft (DGF) in Hamburg on 8-9 October 2010
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Skin in the Game: The Incentive Structure in Online Social Lending
Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl, Manju Puri, 45th Annual Conference of the Western Finance Association (WFA), Victoria, June 2010Thomas Hildebrand, Jörg Rocholl and Manju Puri presented at the 45th Annual Conference on 20-23 June 2010.
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Estimating Network Effects in Two-Sided Markets: A Semi-Structural Approach
Thomas Hildebrand presented at the conference “Platform Markets: Regulation and Competition Policy” from 31 May to 2 June 2010 in Mannheim
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Estimating Network Effects in Two-Sided Markets: A Semi-Structural Approach
Thomas Hildebrand presented at the 36th EARIE Annual Conference – Ljubljana, Slovenia on 3-5 September 2009
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Investigating the Value of Privacy in Online Social Networks: Conjoint Analysis
Thomas Hildebrand, Hanna Krasnova, Oliver Günther, 30th International Conference on Information Systems 2009 (ICIS 2009), Phoenix, AZ, USAThomas Hildebrand, Hanna Krasnova and Oliver Günther presented at the 30th International Conference on Information Systems 2009 (ICIS 2009) held in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on 15-18 December 2009