Jun.-Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kesler

Junior Professor of Economics, in particular Law and Economics

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf Building: 24.31
Floor/room: 01.08

+49 211 - 81 15056
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06/2019	PhD, Management & Economics, University of Zurich
08/2015	MSc, Economics, University of Mannheim
08/2013	BSc, Volkswirtschaftslehre, University of Mannheim

since 10/2024	Assistant Professor for Economics, esp. for Law & Economics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, DICE
07/2019 - 09/2024	Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich
09/2015 - 06/2019	Researcher, ZEW Mannheim
02/2018 - 03/2018	Visiting Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology
05/2017 - 08/2017	Researcher, University of Mannheim

Kaiser, U., Kesler, R., & M. Reisinger (2025), The Interplay Between Product Variety and Customer Retention: Theory and Evidence, Forthcoming in Management Science
Cure, M., Hunold, M., Kesler, R., Larrieu, T., & U. Laitenberger (2022), Vertical Integration of Platforms and Product Prominence, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 20, 353–395.
Affeldt, P., & R. Kesler (2021), Big Tech Acquisitions -- Towards Empirical Evidence, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 21(6), 471-478.
Hunold, M., Kesler, R., & U. Laitenberger (2020), Rankings of Online Travel Agents, Channel Pricing, and Consumer Protection, Marketing Science, 39(1), 92-116.
Hunold, M., Kesler, R., Laitenberger, U., & F. Schlütter (2018), Evaluation of Best Price Clauses in Online Hotel Bookings, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 61, 542-571.

Kesler, R., Kraft, L., Skiera, B., & T. Koschella (2024), Existence, Antecedents and Consequences of Non-Compliance in Mobile App Markets.

Kesler, R. (2023), The Impact of Apple's App Tracking Transparency on App Monetization.

Digital Economy
Empirical Industrial Organization
Competition Policy and Regulation
Law and Economics

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