Klaus Keller, M.A.
Ehemaliger wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Arbeitsbereiche:
Internationaler Handel, Arbeitsökonomik, Angewandte Ökonometrie, Automatisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
07/2019 – 03/2024
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Doktorand am Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research)
Titel der Dissertation: “The Economics of Industrial Automation – Competition, Labor Market Power, and Political Participation”
04/2022 – 05/2022
Gastwissenschaftler, Boston University, Technology & Policy Research Initiative, Boston, MA, USA, Gastgeber: James Bessen
03/2019 – 07/2019
Forschungsreferent, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Genf, Schweiz
09/2018 – 03/2019
Forschungspraktikum, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Genf, Schweiz
06/2018 – 09/2018
Forschungspraktikum, World Trade Organization (ILO), Genf, Schweiz
01/2018 – 02/2018
Forschungspraktikum, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel
09/2017 – 12/2017
Swiss Mobility Exchange, Universität St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz
09/2016 – 09/2018
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Internatonal Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Genf, Schweiz
06/2016 – 09/2016
Traineeship, Delegation der Europäischen Union für die Schweiz und das Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Bern, Schweiz
02/2016 – 04/2016
Praktikum, Ständige Vertretung des Malteserordens bei den Vereinten Nationen in Genf, Schweiz
09/2014 – 05/2015
Austauschstipendium, Faculty of Art and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Libanon
09/2012 – 06/2017
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in International Relations, Université de Genève. Genf, Schweiz
Ehrungen, Stipendien, wissenschaftliche Preise
09/2018 - 03/2019
Carlo-Schmid-Programm des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD)
2017 - 2018
Cusanuswerk-Stipendium
2011
Schaeffler-Preis für das beste naturwissenschaftliche Abitur
Publikationen
(2021). 'New Directions in the European Union's Innovation Policy?' Report on the Conference of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Collaboration with the MPI Alumni Association in Munich, 9 July 2021, GRUR International - Journal of European and International IP Law, 70 (11), 1074-1078. DOI
(2023). Robotizing to Compete? Firm-Level Evidence, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 23-23. DOI
- We investigate the impact of product market competition on firms’ automation investments. We use a rich combination of micro-data on Portuguese exporters and exploit a novel source of variation in the degree of competition they face – a tariff liberalization between the European Union and Central and Eastern European countries in the 1990s. We find that firms facing greater competition in export markets tend to reduce investments in automation technologies. These average negative effects are driven by the least productive firms, while the most efficient exporters in industries that are more prone to automation tend to robotize in order to compete. These findings suggest that an increase in the degree of product market competition widens disparities between firms.
(2023). Monopsony and Automation, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 23-21.
- We examine the impact of labor market power on firms’ adoption of automation technologies. We develop a model that incorporates labor market power into the task-based theory of automation. We show that, due to higher marginal cost of labor, monopsonistic firms have stronger incentives to automate than wage-taking firms, which could amplify or mitigate the negative employment effects of automation. Using data from US commuting zones, our results show that commuting zones that are more exposed to industrial robots exhibit considerably larger reductions in both employment and wages when their labor markets demonstrate higher levels of concentration.
- Available at SSRN
(2021). Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 21-22. DOI
- This paper examines the impact of the large structural shocks – automation
and import competition – on voter turnout during US federal elections from 2000
to 2016. Although the negative income effect of both shocks is comparable, we
find that political participation decreases significantly in counties more exposed to
industrial robots. In contrast, the exposure to rising import competition does not
reduce voter turnout. A survey experiment reveals that divergent beliefs about the
effectiveness of government intervention drive this contrast. Our study highlights
the role of beliefs in the political economy of technological change.
Vorträge
19.09.2023
Monopsony and Automation
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Schloss Ringberg
13.07.2023
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from Portuguese Manufacturing Exporters
TIME Seminar, TU München
Ort: München
09.05.2023
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from Portuguese Manufacturing Exporters
12th Retreat of Collaborative Research Center “Rationality and Competition” TRR 190
Ort: Schwanenwerder
28.04.2023
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from Portuguese Manufacturing Exporters
21st Annual GEP - CEPR Postdoctoral Conference, University of Nottingham
Ort: Nottingham
28.02.2023
Monopsony and Automation
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Frauenchiemsee
06.02.2023
Monopsony and Automation
Innovation Seminar, LMU München
Ort: München
18.10.2022
Labor Cost and the Direction of Innovation
Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb
Ort: München
13.09.2022
Monopsony, Automation and Labor Markets
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Bernried
14.07.2022
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from the Eastern European Enlargement
Munich International Economics Retreat, ifo Institut
Ort: München
23.03.2022
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from the Eastern European Enlargement
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, Boston University
Ort: online
24.02.2022
Robots, China and Polls: Structural Shocks and Political Participation
Future of Work Conference, University of New Brunswick
Ort: online
02.11.2021
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from the EU Enlargement
LMU International Trade Retreat
Ort: München
18.10.2021
Robots, China and Polls – Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US
DRUID Conference 2021
Ort: Kopenhagen, Dänemark
13.10.2021
Robots, China and Polls – Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US
9th Retreat of CRC TRR 190, Collaborative Research Center Rationality and Competition
Ort: Ohlstadt
06.10.2021
Knowledge Spillovers and Corporate Investment in Scientific Research
by Ashish Arora, Sharon Belenzon, and Lia Sheer
Harhoff-Schnitzer-Waldinger Reading Seminar
Ort: Berg bei Starnberg
29.09.2021
Automation and Foreign Competition – Evidence from Portuguese Firms
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Feldkirchen-Westerham
19.04.2021
Automation and Foreign Competition – Evidence from Portuguese Firms
Munich Innovation Seminar
Ort: online
24.03.2021
Automation and Foreign Competition – Evidence from Portuguese Firms
Forschungsseminar
Ort: online
10.09.2020
Automation and Public Health – Evidence From US Local Labor Markets
Forschungsseminar
Ort: online
04.03.2020
Automation and Competition – Theory and Empirics
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Schneefernerhaus/Zugspitze
19.02.2020
Growing Apart: Tradable Services and the Fragmentation of the US Economy, by Fabian Eckert
Harhoff-Schnitzer-Waldinger Reading Seminar
Ort: Frauenchiemsee
27.11.2019
Provable Transactions – Exploring the Boundaries of Trust of Smart Contracts on Blockchain
Discussant, TIME Seminar, TU München
Ort: München