Rate My Professor Joel Stiebale

Stiebale's academic interests center on empirical industrial organization, international trade and multinational firms, economics of innovation, applied microeconometrics, and firms in developing countries. Key publications include “Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences” with H. Döpper, A. MacKay, and N. Miller (Journal of Political Economy, 2025), “Robots and the Rise of European Superstar Firms” with J. Südekum and N. Woessner (International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2024), “Mergers and Market Power: Evidence from Rivals’ Responses in European Markets” with F. Szücs (RAND Journal of Economics, 2022), “Import Competition and Vertical Integration: Evidence from India” with D. Vencappa (Journal of Development Economics, 2022), “Cross-border M&A and Innovative Activity of Acquiring and Target Firms” (Journal of International Economics, 2016), and “How Mergers Affect Innovation: Theory and Evidence” with J. Haucap and A. Rasch (International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2019). He has received the Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for Best Paper in Antitrust Economics (2023), Antitrust Writing Award for best academic article in the mergers category (2019), Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Journal of Industrial Organization (2018), and several Rhine Westphalian Institute for Economic Research prizes. Stiebale contributes to policy as a member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (since 2024), the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s Economic Expert Panel (since 2024), and Fellow Economist at DG Grow, European Commission (since 2024), and has served as Visiting Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business.