Portrait of Dr. Michael Coenen

Dr. Michael Coenen

Academic Affiliate

Dr. Michael Coenen is Managing Director of the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and supports Düsseldorf Competition Economics as a senior economist. He is specialised on issues in economics of regulation and competition policy, in particular concerning network industries and health policy. Before joining DICE, Michael was a member of the Scientific Staff of the German Monopolies Commission. There, he was in charge of topics of regulation in energy supply networks, water supply networks and health policy and of topics in merger control.

Michael studied Economics at the University of Bonn and at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK. He earned his doctoral degree at University of Cologne with a thesis on spectrum trading.

Doctorate, University of Cologne

MSc (Diplom-Volkswirt), University of Bonn



2014
Coenen, M. and J. Haucap (2014), Kommunal- statt Missbrauchsaufsicht: Zur Aufsicht über Trinkwasserentgelte nach der 8. GWB-Novelle, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, Vol. 64, pp. 356-363.

Coenen, M. and J. Haucap (2014), Krankenkassen und Leistungserbringer als Wettbewerbsakteure, pp. 259-282 in D. Cassel, K. Jacobs, C. Vauth and J. Zerth (Hrsg.), Solidarische Wettbewerbsordnung, Verlag medhochzwei: Heidelberg.

2013
Coenen, M. and J. Haucap (2013), Ökonomische Grundlagen der Anreizregulierung, pp. 48-67 in: B. Holznagel and R. Schütz (Hrsg.), ARegV – Kommentar zur Anreizregulierungsverordnung, Verlag C.H. Beck: München.

2012
Coenen, M., J. Haucap and A. Herr (2012), Regionalität: Wettbewerbliche Überlegungen zum Krankenhausmarkt, pp. 149-163 in J. Klauber et al. (Hrsg.), Krankenhausreport 2012, Schattauer: Stuttgart.