Düsseldorf Competition Economics GmbH
Berliner Allee 48
40212 Düsseldorf
+49 (0) 211 130 666 30
info@dus-competition.de
Dr. Christiane Kehder
Senior Economist

+49 (0) 211 130 666 34
kehder@dus-competition.de
Dr. Christiane Kehder has extensive experience in competition economics, particularly in merger control proceedings and the analysis of regulatory issues in network industries. A key focus of her work lies in postal services, energy and transport markets, as well as in the competitive assessment of digital business models.
She applies her analytical expertise to market and price regulation proceedings as well as to institutional economic analyses – for example, on the design of abuse control or the role of the state in regulated markets.
Christiane Kehder earned her doctorate at the Helmut Schmidt University with a dissertation on market definition in platform markets. She studied economics at the University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) and the Universidad de Almería in Spain.
Selected Cases
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DSD / Remondis, Federal Cartel Office
Energy & Natural Resources
Merger Control -
EnBW / MVV, Federal Cartel Office
Energy & Natural Resources
Merger Control -
VTG / CIT Rail Holdings, Federal Cartel Office
Logistics & Mobility
Merger Control -
Card Payment - "EC-Cash" (claimant side, including Shell, Esso)
Telecom, Media, and Technology
Litigation &
Damage Quantification -
Competitive Effects of the Combined Delivery System of Deutsche Post AG (Federal Association for Parcel & Express Logistics (BIEK))
Logistics & Mobility
Regulatory Issues -
Functional Deficits in the German Audit Market (Forvis Mazars)
Economic Governance & Public Policy
Regulatory Issues -
Pricing Analysis of Deutsche Post AG (Federal Association for Parcel & Express Logistics (BIEK))
Logistics & Mobility
Regulatory Issues -
Reform Options for Auditing (Forvis Mazars)
Economic Governance & Public Policy
Economic Policy -
Bureaucracy and its Effects on Germany's Economy (New Social Free Market Initiative (INSM))
Economic Governance & Public Policy
Economic Policy -
Economic Assessment of Federal Shareholdings in Deutsche Telekom AG (VATM)
Telecom, Media, and Technology
Economic Policy -
B2B Platforms in North Rhine-Westphalia: Potential, Barriers and Policy Options (MWIKE)
Digital Economy
Economic Policy -
Sharing Economy in the Germany (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK))
Digital Economy
Economic Policy