Research
- Applied microeconomics and game theory
- Competition policy and regulation
- Political economy, with a focus on the analysis of lobbying
Submitted
- Polk, Schmutzler, Müller (2013), „Lobbying and the Power of Multinational Firms“.
- Bilotkach, Polk (2012), „Market Power of Airports: A case study for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol“.
Work in progress
- Polk (2013), "Lobbying and Active Citizenship. The Role of Information Technology and Web Based Education Systems". mimeo.
- Polk (2012), Aspekte des Lobbyismus in Deutschland. mimeo.
Selected publications
- Bilotkach, Polk (2013), „The Assessment of Market Power of Hub Airports“, Transport Policy, forthcoming.
- Polk (2012), "Ein Lob des Lobbyismus", Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 11/2012, 36-38.
- Polk (2011), „Lobbying: Public Interest and Private Conduct“, CESifo DICE Report, 1/2011 (Spring), 3-7. Download
- Polk (2010), „The economic market power of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: A Rejoinder“, published online at www.airneth.nl.
- Müller, Bilotkach, Fichert, Niemeier, Pels, Polk (2010), „The economic market power of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol“, Study commissioned by the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa), April 2010.
- Windeck, Polk (2010), „Strafzettel XXXL. Die Milliardenstrafe der EU gegen Intel.“, c't magazin für computer technik, 2/2010, S. 152-156.
- Polk, Rasek, Thiele (2006), „Konglomerate Zusammenschlüsse in der Fusionskontrolle — Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick“, Diskussionspapier des Bundeskartellamtes zur Professorentagung 2006.
- Polk, Schmutzler (2005), „Lobbying against environmental regulation vs. lobbying for loopholes“, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 21(4), 915-931.
- Polk (2000), „Multilaterale Abkommen für Direktinvestitionen – Eine Kritik am MAI aus industrieökonomischer Sicht“, Aussenwirtschaft, 55(4), 527—547.
- Polk, Schmutzler (2000), "Game-Theoretic Models of Regional Competition for Plant Locations", in: Roy, Schulz (eds), "Theory of Regional Competition", Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2000.
