Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schwenen
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Schwenen’s research interests are in applied microeconomics, industrial organization, and energy economics, with a research focus on the organization of resource markets and the global energy transition. Prof. Schwenen is researching strategies of energy producers for providing low-carbon energy, incentives for consumers for an efficient resource use, and the regulation of markets and infrastructure. Prof. Schwenen was involved in various research projects and research-based policy advice for the EU Commission (DG Energy) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
Sebastian Schwenen holds a PhD in economics and management from Copenhagen Business School and an MSc in economics from Humboldt University Berlin. He was visiting PhD student at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a post-doctoral researcher at the European University Institute in Florence and the German Institute for Economic Research DIW Berlin. Sebastian Schwenen joined TUM School of Management in September 2015, and is affiliated researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research DIW Berlin and the Mannheim Institute for Sustainable Energy Studies.
Awards
- Best Teaching Award, TUM School of Management (2023)
- Research Grant in the German Energy Research Program, granted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (2020)
- Young Economist’s Essay Award (2012), European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE). Selection Committee: J. Asker (UCLA), L. Cabral (NYU), L. Einav (Stanford), R. Porter (Northwestern), P. Rey (Toulouse School of Economics), Y. Spiegel (U Tel Aviv), T. Valletti (Imperial College London)
Key Publications (all publications)
Schwenen, Sebastian. "Strategic bidding in multi‐unit auctions with capacity constrained bidders: the New York capacity market." The RAND Journal of Economics 46, no. 4 (2015): 730-750.
AbstractBohland, Moritz, and Sebastian Schwenen. "Renewable support and strategic pricing in electricity markets." International Journal of Industrial Organization 80 (2022): 102792.
AbstractDownar, Benedikt, Jürgen Ernstberger, Stefan Reichelstein, Sebastian Schwenen, and Aleksandar Zaklan. "The impact of carbon disclosure mandates on emissions and financial operating performance." Review of Accounting Studies 26, no. 3 (2021): 1137-1175.
AbstractRuester, Sophia, Sebastian Schwenen, Carlos Batlle, and Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga. "From distribution networks to smart distribution systems: Rethinking the regulation of European electricity DSOs." Utilities Policy 31 (2014): 229-237.
AbstractBaake, Pio, Sebastian Schwenen, and Christian von Hirschhausen. "Local Energy Markets." The Journal of Industrial Economics 71, no. 3 (2023): 855-882.
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