Dr. Simone Kohnz, Manager ESMT Competition Analysis
Thema: Wettbewerbspolitik der Europäischen Union
Simone Kohnz has provided assistance and economic advice concerning European merger cases, UK market investigations, state aid cases and regulatory issues. In particular, Simone Kohnz has worked on merger cases in industrial and consumer goods markets, music publishing and the textile industry. Among other analyses, she has also performed bidding studies. She has been extensively involved in the UK grocery sector investigation as well as BAA airports investigation, where she specialised on supply chain and ownership economics. Simone Kohnz has also provided economic advice on Art. 82 cases in the energy sector, the industrial goods sector and the media industry. In addition, she has investigated the impact of barriers to entry regulation in professional services (pharmacies and the legal profession). Apart from industry clients, Simone Kohnz has worked on reports for governmental bodies such as the UK Home Office and the UK Department for Constitutional Affairs.
Prior to joining ESMT Competition Analysis Simone Kohnz was an Analyst at the European Competition Practice of the economics consultancy NERA, London. She holds a PhD in bargaining theory from the University of Munich.
Working Papers and Publications
BÖRSCH-SUPAN, A., S. KOHNZ AND R. SCHNABEL (forthcoming 2007): “The Budget Impact of Reduced Early Retirement Incentives on the German Public Pension System“ in Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: 3rd Volume, ed. by Wise and Gruber, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
KOHNZ, S. (2006): “Self-Serving Biases in Bargaining: Explaining Impasse,” Munich Discussion Paper 2006-09.
KOHNZ, S. (2006): “Ratification quotas in international agreements: An example of emission reduction” Munich Discussion Paper 2006-10.
KOHNZ, S. AND H. HENNIG-SCHMIDT (2005): “Asymmetric Outside Options in Ultimatum Games – An Experimental Study,” Mimeo LMU.
BÖRSCH-SUPAN, A., S. KOHNZ, M. MASTROBUONI AND R. SCHNABEL (2004): “Micromodeling of Retirement Decisions in Germany,” in Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation, ed. by Wise and Gruber, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
ESMT Competition Analysis GmbH is working on central topics in the field of competition policy and regulation. These include case-related work on European competition matters, e.g. merger, antitrust or state aid cases, economic analysis within regulatory procedures and studies for international organizations on competition policy issues. ESMT Competition Analysis applies rigorous economic thinking with a unique combination of creativity and robustness, in order to meet the highest quality standards of international clients.
