Kai Fischer, BSc

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

Building 24.31 Room 01.05

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, Thinning out Spectators: Did Football Matches Contribute to the Second COVID-19 Wave in Germany?, German Economic Review, forthcoming. also published: COVID Economics, 71 (2021), 137-172. Media Coverage: WAZ, NRZ, WP Fischer, Kai & Haucap, Justus, COVID-19, Home Advantage in Professional Soccer, and Betting Market Efficiency, Kyklos, 75 (2022), 294-316. also published in: 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 & 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. former version: DICE Discussion Paper No 344, CESifo Working No 8526. Media Coverage: NDR, Handelsblatt, Neue Züricher Zeitung, Ökonomenstimme, DICE Policy Brief

Representative Publications

Recent Research
Fischer, Kai, Deciding to Leave: The Brexit, Foreign Worker Withdrawal, and Health Care Quality. Fischer, Kai, Alcohol Prohibition and Pricing at the Pump, DICE Discussion Paper No. 386. Fischer, Kai, Reade, J. James & Schmal, W. Benedikt, The Long Shadow of an Infection: COVID-19 and Performance at Work, DICE Discussion Paper No. 368. Media Coverage: The Economist, FAZ (Sunday Edition), Ökonomenstimme, Economics Observatory, ntv.de Podcast, RTL Aktuell, L'Equipe, The Guardian

Recent Research

Fischer, Kai, Deciding to Leave: The Brexit, Foreign Worker Withdrawal, and Health Care Quality.
Fischer, Kai, Alcohol Prohibition and Pricing at the Pump, DICE Discussion Paper No. 386.
Fischer, Kai, Reade, J. James & Schmal, W. Benedikt, The Long Shadow of an Infection: COVID-19 and Performance at Work, DICE Discussion Paper No. 368.
- Media Coverage: The Economist, FAZ (Sunday Edition), Ökonomenstimme, Economics Observatory, ntv.de Podcast, RTL Aktuell, L'Equipe, The Guardian

Teaching and Research Interests
Empirical Industrial Organization Applied Microeonomics Sports Economics

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