Dominik Schober
Research Associate
Competition and Regulation
Zentrum fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung
Germany
Biography
Dominik Schober studied economics in Würzburg, Germany, and Caen, France, with a special focus on industrial economics and econometrics. From 2006 to 2012 he worked as a scientific assistant at the Chair of Management Science and Energy Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen (Prof. Dr. Weber) as well as in the regulation management department of a major German energy supplier. During this time he worked on numerous third-party funded projects, held seminars, tutorials and lectures, and finally held the position of a team leader. In October 2012 Dominik has joined the Research Group "Competition and Regulation" and oversees the research focus "Competition and Regulation in Network Industries". In addition he is a lecturer at the Technical University of Applied Sciences, Bochum ("Sustainable Energy Economics").
Research Interest
His general research interests encompass questions of competition in electricity markets, especially against the background of fluctuating renewable generation, as well as related topics from other energy markets (e.g. gasoline) and environmental economics.
Publications
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Paul L, Brandt R, Gawel E, Heim S, Korte K, et al. (2015) Capacity payments to secure electricity supply? On the future of Germany's power market design, Energy. Sustainability and Society 5: 1-7.
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Beckern S, Schober D, Sandra W (2016) How to approach consumers’ nonmonetary evaluation of electricity supply security? The case of Germany from a multidisciplinary perspective. Utilities Policy.
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Lehmann P, Erik G, Klaas K, Matthias R, Schober D (2016) Sichere Stromversorgung bei hohen Anteilen volatiler erneuerbarer Energien. Wirtschaftsdienst 96: 344-350.
