A new meta-study published in Nature Communications has revealed that emission reductions from climate mitigation projects are significantly lower than claimed. Benedict Probst, Head of the Net Zero Lab at the Institute, and coauthors systematically reviewed more than 60 empirical studies, uncovering substantial quality issues with carbon credits.
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has adopted a Model Law that is intended to standardize and facilitate the formation and performance of automated contracts online. As a member of the E-Commerce Working Group, Jörg Hoffmann, a researcher at the Institute, participated in several discussion rounds on the drafting of the Model Law.
Open access (OA) represents a transformative shift in scientific publishing, aiming to ensure unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded research and data. In a new study published in Science, Frank Mueller-Langer, Affiliated Research Fellow at the Institute and Professor at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, and Mark McCabe, Professor at the SKEMA Business School, make a significant contribution to the discourse on OA by analyzing the economic, political, and institutional dynamics shaping the transformation of scholarly publishing.
The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition has moved to its new location in the center of Munich. From 1 May 2025, you will find us at Herzog-Max-Straße 4, 80333 Munich – directly at Karlstor/Stachus in the heart of Munich.
Moritz Sutterer receives the Heinrich Hubmann Prize 2024 of VG WORT for his dissertation Das Kollisionsrecht der kollektiven Rechtewahrnehmung (The Conflict of Laws of Collective Rights Management), supervised by Josef Drexl. The work was primarily written at the Institute, where Moritz Sutter worked as a Research Fellow in Josef Drexl's department from 2016 to 2022.
On 14 March 2025, Adolf Dietz was awarded the Jan Löwenbach Prize of the Czech ALAI regional group for his great services to the German-Czech copyright dialog. He is the first laureate of this newly established prize.
Correa, Juan I.Trade Secrets and Data Protection in Latin America: A Comparative Study (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 25-08), 2025, 145 S. (gemeinsam mit Guillermo Cabanellas et al.).
Journal articles
Ban, EceBridging the Innovation Gender Gap: Analysis Under EU Merger Control Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2025, forthcoming, 19.03.2025 (gemeinsam mit Carolina Banda).
Journal articles
Johannsen, Germán OscarMonopsony Power, Competition Law, and Women's Informal Labour Markets in Latin America Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2025, fortcoming, 15.03.2025 (gemeinsam mit Jeniffer Rodriguez).
Friess, Svenja; Rosendahl Huber, Laura (2025). Breaking the Ice: Can Early Peer Activity Enhance Platform Engagement and Persistence?Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 25-09.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Rose, Michael; Baruffaldi, Stefano Horst (2025). Finding Doppelgängers in Scopus: How to Build Scientists Control Groups Using Sosia Scientometrics 2025, forthcoming.
Discussion Papers
Rose, Michael; Hoffmann, Jörg; Harhoff, Dietmar (2025). Digitalization and Signatures: Evidence from a Survey among German ConsumersMax Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 25-05.
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