A new meta-study published in Nature Communications has revealed that emission reductions from climate mitigation projects are significantly lower than claimed. Benedict Probst, Head of the Net Zero Lab at the Institute, and coauthors systematically reviewed more than 60 empirical studies, uncovering substantial quality issues with carbon credits.
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has adopted a Model Law that is intended to standardize and facilitate the formation and performance of automated contracts online. As a member of the E-Commerce Working Group, Jörg Hoffmann, a researcher at the Institute, participated in several discussion rounds on the drafting of the Model Law.
Open access (OA) represents a transformative shift in scientific publishing, aiming to ensure unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded research and data. In a new study published in Science, Frank Mueller-Langer, Affiliated Research Fellow at the Institute and Professor at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, and Mark McCabe, Professor at the SKEMA Business School, make a significant contribution to the discourse on OA by analyzing the economic, political, and institutional dynamics shaping the transformation of scholarly publishing.
On 16 January 2024, Dominik Asam was honored with a special award from the Deutsche Bundesbank Regional Office in Bavaria for his thesis, which examines the effects of technological shocks on early-stage startup funding dynamics using the example of Generative AI (GenAI).
The 9th Munich Summer Institute, jointly organized with ETH Zurich, Cornell University, LMU, TUM, and the University of Lausanne, will take place from 26 to 28 May 2025. Researchers who would like to present a paper are invited to submit it online until 15 February. A workshop for Ph.D. students will be held again this year, on 26 May.
Due to space constraints, the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition has to move to a new building. The transfer to the new location is planned for the second quarter of 2025.
Kim, DariaThe Illusory Standard of Significant Human Contribution to AI Assisted Inventions after the DABUS Decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 25-01), 2025, 14 S.
Research Papers
Ullrich, HannsThe EU Data Act's Rules on Access to and Use of Data and the Rules of the Market (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 24-15), 2024, 62 S.
Research Papers
Hilty, Reto M.Collective Management Systems for Copyright and Related Rights in Latin America in Selected Countries (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 24-14), 2024, 189 S. (gemeinsam mit Gonzalo Nazar).
Gomez-Herrera, Estrella; Martín‐Oliver, Alfredo; Mueller-Langer, Frank (2024). Does Broadband Internet Promote Digital Labor and Territorial Cohesion? Empirical Evidence from the New Generation Broadband Extension Program in SpainMax Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-16.
Discussion Papers
Schneider, Lambert; Haase, Isabel; Broekhoff, Derik; Neef, Till (2024). Options for Addressing the Risk of Non-permanence for Land-Based Mitigation in Carbon Crediting Programs. Rome: FAO.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Probst, Benedict; Toetzke, Malte; Kontoleon, Andreas; Anadón, Laura Díaz; Minx, Jan C.; Haya, Barbara K.; Schneider, Lambert; Trotter, Philipp A.; West, Thales A.P.; Gill-Wiehl, Annelise; Hoffmann, Volker H. (2024). Systematic Assessment of the Achieved Emission Reductions of Carbon Crediting Projects Nature Communications, 15.
