Dr. Andrea Maria Günster

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer and Project Manager

PhD Advisor in the PhD Network Data Science (https://phd-data-science.ch/) to

- Nicole Bellert (https://phd-data-science.ch/thesis-project/?smid=440)
- Maria Pelli (https://phd-data-science.ch/quickstaff/)

www.zhaw.ch/en/sml/institutes-centres/iwi/

Expertise and research interests

Applied Microeconomics, Finance, Industrial Economics, Law & Economics, Law & Finance, Machine Learning, Micro-econometrics

scholar.google.com/citations

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm

www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea-Guenster

Educational background

Ph.D. in Industrial Economics, Maastricht University 09/2005-09/2010
Dissertation Title: On European Antitrust Enforcement

M.Sc. in Economics, Maastricht University 09/2000-09/2005
Majoring in Money & Banking (Macroeconomics) and Econometrics
Visiting Graduate Student, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain 01/2003-08/2003

Professional milestones

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Law and Economics, ETH Zurich, 2010-2016

Instructor, Law & Finance, ETH Zurich, 2010-2015

Faculty Member at CISS (Competition and Innovation Graduate Summer School (https://www.zew.de/en/events-and-professional-training/detail/ciss-competition-and-innovation-summer-school-5/475?cHash=6cd893763d617c9a9a04d5622df1667b)) (organized by DICE (https://www.dice.hhu.de/en/), KU Leuven (https://www.kuleuven.be/english/) and Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW, (https://www.zew.de/)) 2012, 2015

Visiting Fellow, Purdue University (09/2008-01/2009)

Visiting Fellow, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) and University of Amsterdam, 09/2006-02/2007

Teaching Assistant, Maastricht University, 2005-2010
Research Assistant, Maastricht University, 2003-2004

Andrea Günster is Senior Lecturer and Project Manager at the Institute of Business Information Technology at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law, Switzerland. After completing her doctorate in Economics in 2010 at Maastricht University, she continued her academic career as a Post-Doctoral Fellow to the Center for Law and Economics at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on industrial economics, applied econometrics, data and management science where she published contributions in basic and applied research as well as books for practitioners. Damian Neven, former chief competition economist (European Commission) praised her book "European Commission Decisions on Competition" (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/european-commission-decisions-on-competition/CBA7AB1046D431E2AE04DCF2C3A50821) with the comment "A selective, yet comprehensive, review of EU case law through the lens of economic principles. This was long overdue and will prove to be an essential tool for teachers and practitioners."

Current research focuses on applying novel statistical methods and machine learning and to areas in competition (policy), economics, finance, law, and legal enforcement. In the Gamification project, she developed a software for running ad hoc large experiments. DataSight is a data aggregation and analytics platform (https://datasight.azurewebsites.net/index.html). Within the PhD Network Data Science (https://www.zhaw.ch/en/sml/study/phd-programs/data-science/), she supervises PhD students at the ZHAW in data science. In an InnoSuisse Projekt, she contributes to novel methodologies estimating dark rates of illegal offenses and predictive policing.

Membership of networks

• PhD Network in Data Science
• American Economic Association (AEA)
• European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE)
• European Academy of Management (EURAM)
• the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics

Projects

• Quantifying Illegal Activity: Estimating Dark Rates and Predicting Offenses / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Dark Rates in Crime / Project leader / Project completed
• Gamification: A browser-based Tool for Experiments / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• PhD Network in Data Science / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Günster, Andrea,

  2021.

  Effektivität Schweizer Wettbewerbspolitik : Bewertung des Aktienmarktes (1996– 2018).

  Sic! Zeitschrift für Immaterialgüter-, Informations- und Wettbewerbsrecht.

  2021(4), pp. 159-167.

• Günster, Andrea Maria; Martin, Stephen,

  2015.

  A holy alliance : collusion in the Renaissance Europe alum market.

  Review of Industrial Organization.

  47(1), pp. 1-23.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-015-9465-0

• Günster, Andrea Maria; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2015.

  The impact of European antitrust policy : evidence from the stock market.

  International Review of Law and Economics.

  46, pp. 20-33.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2015.12.001

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea Maria; Schinkel, Maarten Pieter,

  2010.

  European antitrust policy 1957–2004 : an analysis of commission decisions.

  Review of Industrial Organization.

  36(2), pp. 97-131.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-010-9237-9

• Russo, Francesco; Schinkel, Maarten Pieter; Günster, Andrea Maria; Carree, Martin,

  2010.

  European Commission decisions on competition : economic perspectives on landmark antitrust and merger cases.

  1. Auflage.

  Cambridge:

  Cambridge University Press.

  ISBN 978-0-521-11719-7.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511730078

• Günster, Andrea Maria,

  2010.

  On European antitrust enforcement.

  Maastricht University Press.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2017.

  Enforcement of European competition policy : impact on competition and efficiency [paper].

  In:

  Krauskopf, Patrick; Babey, Fabio, eds.,

  Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht : Recht im Wandel zwischen Globalisierung und Re-Nationalisierung.

  18. Graduiertentreffen im internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht, Winterthur, 8.-9. Juni 2017.

  Basel:

  Helbing & Lichtenhahn.

  pp. 106-114.

• Günster, Andrea; Maillart, Thomas,

  2022.

  Certainty and modification in European antitrust law : the exponential growth of a landmark case system and its determinants [paper].

  In:

  49th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Vienna, Austria, 25-27 August 2022.

• Günster, Andrea; Carree, Martin; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter,

  2008.

  An analysis of court of appeal rulings in the EU, 1964-2000 [paper].

  In:

  6th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Washington D.C., USA, 16-18 May 2008.

  Available from: https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=IIOC2008&paper_id=443

• Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea,

  2007.

  European antitrust policy : an analysis of commission decisions during 1964-2002 [paper].

  In:

  International Industrial Organization Conference 2007, Savannah, USA, 14-15 April 2007.

  Available from: https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=IIOC2007&paper_id=477

• Bellert, N.; Günster, A.M.; Kozbur, D.,

  2022.

  Simulating collusion : challenging conventional estimation methods.

  In:

  49th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Vienna, Austria, 25-27 August 2022.

• Günster, Andrea; Hertig, Gerard; Van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2022.

  Cartels and ownership concentration.

  In:

  6th Annual Conference on Competition Policy, Bergen, Norway, 2-3 June 2022.

• Günster, Andrea; Maillart, Thomas,

  2022.

  Certainty and modification in European antitrust law : the exponential growth of a landmark case system and its determinants.

  In:

  6th Annual Conference on Competition Policy, Bergen, Norway, 2-3 June 2022.

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea; Van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2022.

  The fat cat effect of cartels.

  In:

  22nd EURAM Annual Conference, PhD Colloquium, Winterthur, Switzerland, 13-14 June 2021.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2017.

  The fat cat effect of cartels n.

  In:

  Bergen Competition Policy Conference, Bergen, Norway, 27-28 April 2017.

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2017.

  The fat-cat effect of cartels.

  In:

  44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2016.

  Dynamische Preise : Zweck und Nutzen.

  In:

  Schweizer Forum für Kommunikationsrecht «Dynamic Pricing», Zürich, 7. Juni 2016.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2015.

  Enforcement of european competition policy : impact on competition and efficiency.

  In:

  Swiss IO Day 2015, Bern, 5 June 2015.

• Günster, Andrea; Hertig, Gerard; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2014.

  Cartels and ownership concentration.

  In:

  24th Annual Meeting American Law and Economics Association, Chicago, USA, 8-9 May 2014.

• Günster, Andrea; Hertig, Gerard; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2014.

  Cartels and ownership concentration.

  In:

  41st Annual Conference European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE 2014), Milan, Italy, 29-31 August 2014.

• Günster, Andrea; Hertig, Gerard; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2014.

  Cartels and ownership concentration.

  In:

  12th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Chicago, USA, 11-13 April 2014.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2014.

  Enforcement of European competition policy : the impact on competition and efficiency.

  In:

  Munich Conference on Innovation and Competition (MCIC 2014), Kreuth, Germany, 23-25 June 2014.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2014.

  The fat cat of cartels.

  In:

  Transatlantic Workshop on Intellectual Property Research, Zürich, 13-14 January 2014.

• Günster, Andrea Maria; Klein, Gordon,

  2013.

  Enforcement of european competition policy : impact on competition and efficiency.

  In:

  Jahrestagung 2013 des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Düsseldorf, Deutschland, 4.-7. September 2013.

• Günster, Andrea; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2013.

  The financial structure of international cartels : leverage, cash holdings and corporate governance.

  In:

  11th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, USA, 17-19 May 2013.

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea; Schinkel, Maarten Pieter,

  2012.

  Court of appeals rulings in EU antitrust enforcement : a review of the first 50 years.

  In:

  10th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Arlington, USA, 16-18 March 2012.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2012.

  Do cartels undermine economic efficiency?.

  In:

  2012 Allied Social Science Associations ASSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 6-8 January 2012.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2012.

  Innovation and certainty in law : the European court of justice landmark case system in antitrust.

  In:

  Third Workshop for Junior Researchers on the Law & Economics of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Kreuth, Germany, 18-20 June 2012.

• Ganglmair, B.; Günster, Andrea,

  2012.

  Separation of powers : the case of antitrust.

  In:

  29th Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE 2012), Stockholm, Sweden, 20-22 September 2012.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2011.

  Do cartels undermine economic efficiency?.

  In:

  2nd Workshop: «Industrial Organization», Otranto, Italy, 23-24 June 2011.

• Günster, Andrea,

  2011.

  Separation of powers : the case of antitrust.

  In:

  Second Workshop for Junior Researchers on the Law & Economics of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Kreuth, Germany, 5-7 June 2011.

• Günster, Andrea; Carree, Martin; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2010.

  Do cartels undermine economic efficiency?.

  In:

  ZEW Competition Policy Forum, Mannheim, Germany, 18 March 2010.

• Günster, Andrea; Carree, Martin; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2010.

  Do cartels undermine economic efficiency?.

  In:

  4th CLEEN Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21 April 2010.

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea; van Dijk, Matthijs,

  2010.

  The performance of european cartels 1980-2007 : an investigation of the effect of cartel formation on profitability, productivity and innovativeness.

  In:

  8th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 14-16 May 2010.

• Günster, Andrea; Carree, Martin; van Dijk, Mathijs,

  2009.

  Do cartels undermine economic efficiency.

  In:

  36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009.

• Günster, Andrea Maria,

  2008.

  European antitrust policy : an analysis of court of appeal rulings in the EU : 1957 - 2000.

  In:

  EC Competition Enforcement Data, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10.-11. April 2008.

• Günster, Andrea Maria,

  2008.

  The effectiveness of European antitrust policy : evidence from the stock market.

  In:

  35th EARIE Annual Conference, Toulouse, France, 4.-9. September 2008.

  Available from: http://www.earie.org/userfiles/file/EARIE2008Toulouse%20-%20PDF%20of%20website%20content.pdf

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter,

  2007.

  European antitrust policy 1957–2004 : an analysis of commission decisions.

  In:

  CCP PhD Workshop 2007, Norwich, United Kingdom, 1 June 2007.

• Carree, Martin; Günster, Andrea; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter,

  2006.

  European antitrust policy 1957–2004 : an analysis of commission decisions.

  In:

  33rd EARIE Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25-27 August 2006.

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