Assistant Professor Sophia Gänßle

Assistant Professor of Creative Industries and Digitalization
Erasmus School of History,Culture and Communication,
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/people/sophia-gaenssle
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- The Battle of YouTube, TV and Netflix – An Empirical Analysis of Competition in Audiovisual Media Markets, SN Business & Economics, Vol. 1 (9), 2021. (with Oliver Budzinski and Nadine Lindstädt-Dreusicke)
- Data (R)Evolution – The Economics of Algorithmic Search and Recommender Services, in: S. Baumann (ed.), Handbook of Digital Business Ecosystems, Cheltenham: Elgar 2021. (with Oliver Budzinski and Nadine Lindstädt-Dreusicke)
- Stars in Social Media: New Light Through Old Windows). in: Journal of Media Business Studies, Vol. 18 (2), 2021, pp. 79-105. (with Oliver Budzinski)
- The economics of social media (super-)stars: an empirical investigation of stardom and success on YouTube, in: Journal of Media Economics, Vol. 31 (3-4), 2020. (with Oliver Budzinski)
- Der Entwurf zur 10. GWB Novelle: Interventionismus oder Laissezfaire? In: List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, Vol. 46 (2), S. 157-184. (with Oliver Budzinski and Annika Stöhr)
- Outstanding Relevance across Markets: A New Concept of Market Power? in: Concurrences, Vol. 17 (3), 2020, pp. 38-43. (with Oliver Budzinski and Annika Stöhr)
- Happily Ever After? – Vertical and Horizontal Mergers in the U.S. Media Industry, in: World Competition Journal, Vol. 43 (1), 2020, pp. 135-165. (with Annika Stöhr, Victoriia Noskova, Philipp Kunz-Kaltenhäuser and Oliver Budzinski)
- Conquering the Box Office: Factors Influencing Success of International Movies in Russia, in: Review of Network Economics, Vol. 17 (4), 2019, pp. 245-266. (with Oliver Budzinski and Daria Astakhova)
- How Does Online Streaming Affect Antitrust Remedies to Centralized Marketing? – The Case of European Football Broadcasting Rights, in: International Journal of Sport Finance, Vol. 14 (3), 2019, pp. 147-157. (with Oliver Budzinski and Philipp Kunz-Kaltenhäuser).
Other Publications
- Wettbewerb und Antitrust in Unterhaltungsmärkten, in: O. Budzinski, J. Haucap, A. Stöhr & D. Wentzel (eds.), Zur Ökonomik von Sport, Entertainment und Medien – Schnittstellen und Hintergründe, Berlin: DeGruyter, 2021, pp. 111-143. (with Oliver Budzinski and Nadine Lindstädt-Dreusicke)
- Big Data Comes to Hollywood – Audiovisuelle Medienmärkte im Digitalen Zeitalter, in: O. Budzinski, J. Haucap, A. Stöhr & D. Wentzel (eds.), Zur Ökonomik von Sport, Entertainment und Medien – Schnittstellen und Hintergründe, Berlin: DeGruyter, 2021, pp. 181-199.
- Anmerkungen zur Auswirkung der Medienberichterstattung auf politische Meinungen und Wahlverhalten: Wettbewerbsordnung und das digitale Zeitalter, forthcoming in: M. Leschke & N. Otter (eds.), Wachstum und Entwicklung: Globale Instabilitäten und neue wirtschaftspolitische Konzepte, 52. Forschungsseminar Radein 2019, Berlin: DeGruyter 2020, pp. 206-216. (with Oliver Budzinski and Annika Stöhr)
- Marktformen, in: Herder Staatslexikon, Band 3, 8. Auflage, Freiburg: Herder, 2019, pp. 1435-1439. (with Oliver Budzinski)
- Using Economics to Explain YouTuber Popularity, in: LSE Business Review, 2019 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2019/05/13/using-economics-to-explain-youtuber-popularity/. (with Oliver Budzinski)
Working Paper
- Attention Economics of Instagram Stars: #Instafame and Sex Sells?, Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Vol. 27 (150), 2021.
- The Draft for the 10th Amendment of German Competition Law: Towards a new Concept of “Outstanding Relevance across Markets”? Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Vol. 26(142), 2020. (with Oliver Budzinski and Annika Stöhr)
- Die Hörspielserie „Die drei ???“ – Der wirtschaftliche Erfolg und Gründe dafür, Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Vol. 26 (134), 2020, under review. (with Björn A. Kuchinke)
- What Drives Binge-Watching? An Economic Theory and Analysis of Impact Factors, Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Vol. 26 (138), 2020, under review. (with Philipp Kunz-Kaltenhäuser)
(attended and presented)
2021
55. Hohenheimer Oberseminar (Ilmenau, November)
Media Economics DGPuK (Hamburg online, September)
21. International Conference on Cultural Economics (Lille/France online, July)
14. World Media Economics & Management Conference (Rome/Italy online, May)
54. Hohenheimer Oberseminar (Hohenheim online, April)
Invited Guest at Weizenbaum Institut “Plamadiso Talk” (Berlin online, March)
2020
53. Radein Research Seminar (Radein/Italy, February); Macromedia Applied Research Symposium (MARS) (Munich, January)
2019
53. Hohenheimer Oberseminar (Marburg, November)
PhD Course: Introduction to Applied Business Economics Research with Stata (Esbjerg/Denmark, August)
International Joint Doctoral Workshop (Charlotte/USA, July)
European Media Management Association Annual Conference (Limassol/Cyprus, June)
14. Gijón Conference on Sports Economics (Gijón/Spain, May)
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference (Coventry/England, April)
52. Hohenheimer Oberseminar (Weimar, April)
52. Radein Research Seminar (Radein/Italy, February)
Auszeichnung Vortragsprämienprogramm Verein für Socialpolitik 2019
2018
13. World Media Economics & Management Conference (Cape Town/South Africa, May); 50. Hohenheimer Oberseminar (Hohenheim, April)
2017
49. Hohenheimer Oberseminar (Ilmenau, October); DGPuK Methodentagung 2017 (Mainz, September)
EECE im Sommersemester 2023
Verein für Socialpolitik
Royal Economic Society
Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI)