Research and Publications

Journal Articles

• Buehler, Stefan and Anette Boom (2019): Vertical Structure and the Risk of Rent Extraction in the Electricity Industry, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.
• Buehler, Stefan, Daniel Halbheer and Michael Lechner (2017): Payment Evasion, Journal of Industrial Economics, 65(4), 804-832.  
• Buechel, Berno and Gerd Muehlheusser (2016): Black sheep or scapegoats? Implementable monitoring policies under unobservable levels of misbehavior, Journal of Legal Studies 45 (2), 331-366.
• Buechel, Berno and Jan Klein (2016): Restrictions in spatial competition: The effects on firms and consumers, Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics 33 (1), 157-172.
• Burghardt, Dirk and Marco Helm (2015): Firm Growth in the Course of Mergers and Acquisitions, Small Business Economics 44(4), 889-904.
• Buehler, Stefan and Simon Wey (2014): When Do State-Owned Firms Crowd Out Private Investment?, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 13(3), 319-330.
• Buehler, Stefan and Dennis L. Gärtner (2013): Making Sense of Non-Binding Retail-Price Recommendations, American Economic Review 103(1), 335-359.
• Buehler, Stefan and Daniel Halbheer (2012): Persuading Consumers With Social Attitudes, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 84(1), 439-450.
• Buehler, Stefan, Christian Kaiser and Franz Jaeger (2012): The Geographic Determinants of Bankruptcy: Evidence from Switzerland, Small Business Economics 39(1), 231-251.
• Buehler, Stefan and Daniel Halbheer (2011): Selling When Brand Image Matters, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 167(1), 102-118.
• Hau, Thorsten, Dirk Burghardt and Walter Brenner (2011): Multihoming, Content Delivery Networks, and the Market for Internet Connectivity, Telecommunications Policy 35(6), 532-542.
• Buehler, Stefan, Anton Burger and Robert Ferstl (2010): The Investment Effects of Price Caps under Imperfect Competition: A Note, Economics Letters 106(2), 92-94.
• Buehler, Stefan and Armin Schmutzler (2008): Intimidating Competitors – Endogenous Vertical Integration and Downstream Investment in Successive Oligopoly, International Journal of Industrial Organization 26(1), 247-265.
• Buehler, Stefan and Justus Haucap (2006): Strategic Outsourcing Revisited, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 61(3), 325-338.
• Buehler, Stefan, Ralf Dewenter and Justus Haucap (2006): Mobile Number Portability in Europe, Telecommunications Policy 30(7), 385-399.
• Buehler, Stefan, Dennis Gärtner and Daniel Halbheer (2006): Deregulating Network Industries: Dealing with Price-Quality Tradeoffs, Journal of Regulatory Economics 30(1), 99-115.
• Buehler, Stefan, Christian Kaiser and Franz Jaeger (2006): Merge or Fail? The Determinants of Mergers and Bankruptcies in Switzerland, 1995-2000, Economics Letters 90(1), 88-95.
• Buehler, Stefan, Christian Kaiser and Franz Jaeger (2005): Competition Policy and Exit Rates: Evidence from Switzerland, Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy 4(1), Article 15.
• Buehler, Stefan (2005): The Promise and Pitfalls of Restructuring Network Industries, German Economic Review 6(2), 205-228.
• Buehler, Stefan and Armin Schmutzler (2005): Asymmetric Vertical Integration, Advances in Theoretical Economics 5(1), Article 1.
• Buehler, Stefan and Justus Haucap (2004): Mobile Number Portability, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 4(3), 223-238.
• Buehler, Stefan, Armin Schmutzler and Men-Andri Benz (2004): Infrastructure Quality in Deregulated Industries: Is There an Underinvestment Problem?, International Journal of Industrial Organization 22(2), 253-267.

Working Papers

• Buehler, Stefan, Marco Bertini and Daniel Halbheer (2018): Consumer Resistance.
• Buehler, Stefan and Nicolas Eschenbaum (2018): Explaining Escalating Fines and Prices: The Curse of Positive Selection. (available on request)
• Eschenbaum, Nicolas (2018): Market Size and Entry in the Swiss Grocery Retail Industry. (available on request)
• Eschenbaum, Nicolas and Helge Liebert (2018): Dealing With Uncertainty: Seller Reputation in the Online Market for Illegal Drugs. (available on request)
• Buechel, Berno and Lydia Mechtenberg (2016): The Swing Voter's Curse in Social Networks. Supplementary Online Material.
• Buehler, Stefan and Dirk Burghardt (2015): Globalization and Vertical Firm Structure: An Empirical Investigation.
• Boom, Anette and Stefan Buehler (2014): Restructuring the Electricity Industry: Vertical Structure and the Risk of Rent Extraction.
• Buehler, Stefan, Marco Helm and Michael Lechner (2013): Trade Liberalization and Employment Growth: Plant Level Evidence from Switzerland. (currently under revision)
• Burghardt, Dirk (2013): The Impact of Trade Policy on Industry Concentration in Switzerland.
• Buehler, Stefan and Christian Keuschnigg (2014): Corporate Governance, Taxation, and Imperfect Competition. (available on request)