Kai Fischer, MSc

Doctoral Researcher

Kai Fischer MSc

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf Building: 24.31
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04/2025-06/2025	Research Stay, University of Melbourne
09/2023-02/2024	Research Stay, KU Leuven
10/2020-08/2023	M.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
10/2017-05/2020	B.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
09/2019-12/2019	Study Abroad, Trinity College Dublin

since 10/2020	Doctoral Researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
11/2017-09/2020	Student Assistant, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
10/2018-09/2019	Tutor, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Fischer, Kai & Schmal, W. Benedikt, Pricing in Response to New Information: The Case of Betting Markets, Economic Inquiry 63 (2025), 236-264.
Fischer, Kai, Alcohol Prohibition and Pricing at the Pump, Journal of Industrial Economics 72 (2024), 548-597.
Fischer, Kai, Reade, J. James & Schmal, W. Benedikt, What Cannot be Cured Must be Endured: The Long-Lasting Effect of a COVID-19 Infection on Workplace Productivity, Labour Economics 79 (2022), 102281.
Fischer, Kai, Thinning out Spectators: Did Football Matches Contribute to the Second COVID-19 Wave in Germany?, German Economic Review 23 (2022), 595-640.
Fischer, Kai & Haucap, Justus, COVID-19, Home Advantage in Professional Soccer, and Betting Market Efficiency, Kyklos, 75 (2022), 294-316.
Fischer, Kai & Haucap, Justus, Does Crowd Support Drive the Home Advantage in Professional Soccer? Evidence from German Ghost Games during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Sports Economics, 22 (2021), 982-1008.

Fischer, Kai, Industrial Policy in Declining Industries: Evidence from German Coal Mines, Job Market Paper.
Fischer, Kai, Martin, Simon & Schmidt-Dengler, Philipp, Indirect Taxation in Consumer Search Markets: The Case of Retail Fuel.
Fischer, Kai, Martin, Simon & Schmidt-Dengler, Philipp, The Heterogeneous Effect of Entry on Prices, conditionally accepted at the Journal of the European Economic Association, CESifo Working Paper No. 10566.
Castro-Pires, Henrique, Fischer, Kai, Mello, Marco & Moscelli, Giuseppe, Immigration, Workforce Composition, and Organizational Performance: The Effect of Brexti on NHS Hospital Quality, revise and resubmit at Economic Journal.

Empirical Industrial Organization
Applied Microeonomics

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