Research Seminar: Platform Design and Market Power
When: Mon, 19.01.2026 4:00 PM until 5:15 PM
Where: Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Esplanade 36, 20354 Hamburg, 4011/13
Platform Design and Market Power
Research Seminar with Prof. Dr. Heiner Schumacher (University of Innsbruck)
Prof. Heiner Schumacher from the University of Innsbruck is investigating how the design of an online trading platform—the complexity of price comparisons or the existence of a buy box—affects the market power of sellers competing on that platform. He examines the influence of platform ranking algorithms, data-based price discrimination, and shopping bots on the market power of sellers and consumer surplus.
Lecture in English
Contact
Hamburg Center for Health Economics
Tel: +49 40 42838-9516