Matthias Bauer
Email: matthias.bauer@ecipe.org
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Areas of Expertise: European Union Eurozone Crisis EU Trade Agreements Digital Economy EU Single Market WTO and Globalisation Services
Matthias Bauer is a German economist and Director at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). He works on EU and global trade policy with a focus on digital and technology policymaking.
Matthias Bauer is the author of several studies, economic impact assessments and policy briefs in the fields of international trade, digital markets, the regulation of data, innovation, and intellectual property rights. He is regularly consulted by private and public sector organisations on a broad range of policy issues ranging from impact analysis to strategic advice.
Bauer grew up in Eastern Germany. He is an alumni of the US international visitor leadership program (IVLP). He studied business administration at the University of Hull, UK, and economics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. He received his Ph.D. degree after joining the Bundesbank graduate programme on the “Foundations of Global Financial Markets and Financial Stability”.
Before joining ECIPE, Matthias Bauer was the Coordinator of International Political Economy at the international cooperation division of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin. He previously held positions at DekaBank, UBS, Mercedes-Benz China, and worked as a start-up and business development consultant. Matthias is a member of Tutwa Europe’s economic policy expert network. He is also the co-founder of the German-based Institute for Digital Education (IfODiB).
ECIPE Occasional Papers
Competitive Harmonisation: A Collaborative Framework for Intra-EU Reform and Competitiveness
Persistent legal fragmentation, compounded by the EU's 24 official languages, increases costs and legal uncertainty, deterring meaningful investments in innovation and preventing businesses from scaling across borders. Without bold, comprehensive legal reforms, Europe will fall further behind in global competition and major global technological developments. The EU’s incremental reform approach has failed to address the deep-rooted legal and institutional...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Cybersecurity at Risk: How the EU’s Digital Markets Act Could Undermine Security across Mobile Operating Systems
The EU’s fight against cybersecurity threats risks being undermined by the over-enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Article 5(4) could force mobile operating system providers to allow unregulated external links, bypassing critical security controls and exposing millions of smartphone users to cyber threats. The DMA focuses on market structure, overlooking how differences in operating system design affect security vulnerabilities. A one-size-fits-all...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Shared Liability: The European Parliament’s Misstep in Fighting Financial Fraud
The rise in financial fraud has prompted regulatory proposals under the Payment Services Regulation in the form of a shared liability model provisioned under Article 59. The potential proposal by the European Parliament could now extend liability beyond Payment Service Providers to Electronic Communications Service Providers and online platforms. While the intent to address fraud is commendable, this model misallocates responsibilities by requiring non-financial...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Increasing Economic Opportunity and Competitiveness in the EU: The Role of Micro-Credentials
As Europe experiences rapid technological advancements driven by innovations such as automation, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things, the demands on the workforce are evolving at an unprecedented pace. This shift has exposed the limitations of traditional education systems, which struggle to equip individuals with the skills needed to thrive in a dynamic job market. Micro-credentials – short, targeted learning experiences – are emerging as a...
Media Mention
Data Localization: India’s Tryst with Data Sovereignty
The study "The Costs of Data Localisation: Friendly Fire On Economic Recovery" by Matthias Bauer, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Erik van der Marel and Bert Verschelde is referenced in an opinion of the TechPolicy.press.
Media Mention
Reducing Payment Fraud in the EU: Why the PSR Needs to Strike the Right Balance
The study "Shared Liability: The European Parliament's Misstep in Fighting Financial Fraud" by Matthias Bauer, Andrea Dugo and Dyuti Pandya is cited in a blog of the Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo).
Media Mention
Growing Resilient Together: Reshaping EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy in a Geopolitical Era
The paper "EU Autonomy, the Brussels Effect, and the Rise of Global Economic Protectionism" written by Matthias Bauer and Dyuti Pandya is referenced in the InvigoratEU study.
Media Mention
Fifth Scientific Readings Memory of the Academician V.K. Mamutova June 28, 2024
The paper "EU Autonomy, the Brussels Effect, and the Rise of Global Economic Protectionism" written by Matthias Bauer and Dyuti Pandya is referenced in the book.
Article
What’s in Europe’s Competitiveness Compass?
Matthias Bauer's blog "Brussels Can’t Save Europe’s Car Industry – But It Can Stop Making It Worse" is referenced in the weekly newsletter What's up EU.
Article
Interview: ‘Political’ China EV tariffs will be hard to undo
Matthias Bauer is interviewed by Julia Kaiser of The Parliament about the EU tariffs imposed on Chinese EVs.
Article
National strategies by topic
The study "Time to Rethink Export Controls for Strengthened US-EU Cooperation and Global Trade Rules" by Matthias Bauer and Dyuti Pandya is listed on South Korea's National Strategy Information Portal
Article
The Role of US Investments for EU Technology Sovereignty
Mathias Bauer and Dyuti Pandya write a blog for CELIS Institute on why US investments remain crucial for EU technology growth and how close transatlantic collaboration can help tackle various economic and technology challenges.
Book or Paper
New Regulations in Europe’s Digital Economy: Design, Structure, Trade and Economic Effects
ECIPE report on EU digital regulations published by the Confederations of Swedish Enterprise
Book or Paper
Measuring the Impacts of the European Union’s Approach to Open Strategic Autonomy
Report for ECIPE prepared by Frontier Economics on the short and long term macro-economic impacts of new EU policies and regulations that change the conditions for cross-border economic exchangewith the EU.
Book or Paper
Digital Market Act: Competition, Private Property, Innovation and the Interests of the Users
In a joint study with the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Matthias Bauer analyses the consequences of the Digital Markets Act.
Book or Paper
The economic costs of restricting the cross-border flow of data
In a joint Kearney-ECIPE study, Dr Matthias Bauer and Dr Erik van der Marel analyse the economic impacts of restrictions on the free flow of data between the European Union and the United States
Speech or Presentation
Europa will seine Autos retten – Vollgas oder Geisterfahrt?
Matthias Bauer commenting on PunktEU on the future of Europe's car manufacturing industry.
Speech or Presentation
France and Germany in turmoil; how would that affect EU economy?
Matthias Bauer contributed on the show Counting the Cost of Al Jazeera English concerning the serious political and economic turmoil that France and Germany are facing, as well as about an struggling European economy which lags behind the US and China.
Speech or Presentation
EP167: Dropshipping under fire, Brazil’s X ban, and Chinese EV tariffs (w/ Matthias Bauer)
Matthias Bauer joins the ConsEUmer Podcast to talk about the latest news in the EU-China EV tariff saga.
Speech or Presentation
Improving Europe’s Competitiveness
Matthias Bauer and Fredrik Erixon write the article "Embracing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence: A Path to EU Competitiveness" for a new publication of the Centre of European Perspective (CEP).