Dr. Daniel Halbheer
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Plattenstrasse 14 CH-8032 Zürich Switzerland Phone: +41 44 634 21 17 Email: daniel.halbheer@business.uzh.ch Room: PLM-418 |
Short Biography
Daniel Halbheer studied economics with a major in econometrics at the University of Zurich, where he obtained his licentiate in 2002. After that he joined the research group of Armin Schmutzler at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in economics in 2006. Before joining Ulrich Kaiser’s research group in 2008, he was a research associate at the Center for Quantitative Economics and Econometrics at the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission. In 2009 he was awarded a SNSF Fellowship for Advanced Researchers to visit the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. He mainly conducts research in Industrial Organziation and Business Strategy.
Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
- Buehler, S. and D. Halbheer (forthcoming): Persuading Consumers With Social Attitudes. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
- Buehler, S. and D. Halbheer (2011): Selling When Brand Image Matters, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 167(1), 102-118.
- Gärtner, D. and D. Halbheer (2009): Are There Waves in Merger Activity After All?, International Journal of Industrial Organization 27(6), 708-718.
- Halbheer, D., E. Fehr, L. Goette and A. Schmutzler (2009): Self-Reinforcing Market Dominance, Games and Economic Behavior 69(2), 481-502.
- Buehler, S., D. Gärtner and D. Halbheer (2006): Deregulating Network Industries: Dealing with Price-Quality Tradeoffs, Journal of Regulatory Economics 30(1), 99-115.
- Halbheer, D., S. Niggli and A. Schmutzler (2006): What Does it Take to Sell Environmental Policy? An Empirical Analysis of Referendum Data, Environmental and Resource Economics 33(4), 441-462.
Contributions to Edited Volumes
- Buehler, S. and D. Halbheer (2010): Ökonomische Grundlagen und Grundbegriffe, in: Amstutz, Marc and Mani Reinert (Eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Kartellgesetz, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Basel, 3-58.
Recent Working Paper
- Halbheer, D., F. Stahl, O. Koenigsberg and D. R. Lehmann (2012): Sampling Strategies for Information Goods. Working Paper, Columbia Business School.Download
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