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Economist working at the intersection of AI, industrial organization, and competition policy. Research and advisory work focus on digital markets, market design, energy platforms, and AI regulation, using game theory, empirical methods, and machine learning.
General Information
| Full Name | Nicolas Eschenbaum |
| Based in | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Languages | English, German |
| Google Scholar | scholar.google.com |
Positions
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2022 - present AI Lead and Managing Economist
Swiss Economics - Leading work on AI, digital markets, and competition policy, combining industrial organization and computational methods in applied and research projects.
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2025 - present Member, ASCOLA Working Group AI/Algorithms
Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) - Interdisciplinary work on the legal and policy implications of AI and algorithmic systems in competition law.
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2022 - present Collaborator
Institute for Categorical Cybernetics - Research collaboration on formal and computational approaches to governance, digital systems, and market design.
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2024 - present Affiliated Researcher
Zurich Center for Market Design, University of Zurich -
2024 - 2025 Global Fellow
European AI & Society Fund - Research on foundation models and competition policy.
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2018 - 2024 Lecturer
University of St. Gallen - Courses in industrial organization, digitalization, and competition policy.
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2018 - 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher
University of St. Gallen
Research Visits
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2020 - 2021 Visiting Scholar
Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Education
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2013 - 2018 Ph.D. in Economics and Finance
University of St. Gallen - {"Summa cum laude — dissertation Essays in Industrial Organization (supervisor"=>"Prof. Stefan Bühler)."}
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2011 - 2012 M.Sc. in Economics
University of Edinburgh - Graduated with honours.
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2008 - 2011 B.Sc. in Business and Economics
Maastricht University
Grants and Prizes
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2024 - 2025 The Market for Foundation Models
European AI & Society Fund - CHF 50,000 (PI).
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2024 - 2025 DMA-effects in Switzerland
Mercator Foundation - CHF 30,000 (co-PI).
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2022 - 2025 ChartEP: Charting Energy Platforms and Market Outcomes under Varying Policy Measures
Swiss Federal Office of Energy - CHF 281,215 (PI).
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2022 Young Scholar Award
CRESSE - CHF 1,500.
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2021 - 2022 Computational Learning in Economic Games
Hasler Foundation - CHF 35,000 (co-PI).
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2021 - 2022 The Competitive Effects of Pricing Software Systems
University of St. Gallen - CHF 51,555 (co-PI).
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2018 - 2022 Pricing in a Digital World
Swiss National Science Foundation - CHF 500,000 (co-investigator), SNSF grant no. 178836.
Publications & Applied Work
- The full list of journal articles, conference papers, and working papers is on the Research page.
- Selected advisory and applied projects are on the Applied Work page.