Kai Fischer, BSc

Doctoral Researcher (GRK 1974)

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany

Building 24.31 Room 01.27

tel: +49 211 - 81 10231

Educational Background
10/2017-05/2020	B.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
09/2019-12/2019	Study Abroad, Trinity College Dublin

Positions
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

Representative Publications
Fischer, Kai & Haucap, Justus, Does Crowd Support Drive the Home Advantage in Professional Soccer? Evidence from German Ghost Games during the COVID-19 Pandemic, forthcoming in Journal of Sports Economics. former version: DICE Discussion Paper No 344, CESifo Working No 8526. Media Coverage: NDR, Handelsblatt, Neue Züricher Zeitung, Ökonomenstimme, DICE Policy Brief

Recent Research

Fischer, Kai & Haucap, Justus, COVID-19, Home Advantage in Professional Soccer, and Betting Market Efficiency, COVID Economics 80 (2021), pp. 211-231.
- former version: DICE Discussion Paper No 349, CESifo Working Paper No 8549.
- Media Coverage: Ökonomenstimme, DICE Policy Brief
Fischer, Kai, Thinning out Spectators: Did Football Matches Contribute to the Second COVID-19 Wave in Germany?, COVID Economics 71 (2021), pp. 137-172.
- Media Coverage: WAZ, NRZ, WP

Teaching and Research Interests
Empirical Industrial Organization Applied Economics Sports Economics

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