Jens Weinmann
Manager, ESMT Competition Analysis
Jens Weinmann joined the Competition Analysis Unit of ESMT in April 2007. He brings a broad knowledge of empirical methods and its application to real world problems to ESMT Competition Analysis. He participated in numerous consulting projects in the electricity sector and in postal services, including quantitative and qualitative studies in the United Kingdom, Germany, South-East Europe, and South Korea. He also contributed to projects and studies for the World Energy Council and the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE.
His research interest focuses on institutional change in network industries, in particular the electricity sector in Europe, North America and Latin America. He has investigated the determinants of privatization revenues in electricity generation and distribution utilities, entry and exit strategies of international investors in emerging power markets, and corporate change in the electricity supply industry. In respect to new regulatory models, he explores mechanisms of regional policy diffusion and drivers of market design convergence in competitive electricity markets, in particular the effects of transnational regulatory networks.
Previously, he worked as a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, and as Repsol YPF - Harvard Kennedy School Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also had the position of visiting scholar at IAE - Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires. In 2004, he received his PhD from the Decision Science Department at London Business School.
Working Papers and Publications:
Weinmann, J. (2007). Agglomerative Magnets and Informal Regulatory Networks - Electricity Market Design Convergence in the USA and Continental Europe. Working Paper, Florence School of Regulation
Weinmann, J. (2007). The Sustainability of Electricity Sector Liberalization in Latin America - Editorial. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 15 (2), 109-111
Weinmann, J. and Bunn, D.W. (2006). Privatisation and the Globalisation of Latin America’s Electricity Supply Industry. In Hogan, W.W. (ed), Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2004-2005 Research Papers, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge MA
Weinmann, J. and Bunn, D. W. (2004). Research endowment and electricity sector reform. Working Paper, Energy Markets Group, London Business School
Selected Conference Presentations:
Privatisation and the Globalisation of Latin America’s Electricity Supply Industry. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August 2006
Regulatory Convergence in the Electricity Sector - an International Comparison. 29th IAEE International Conference, Potsdam, June 2006
Path-Dependence and Lock-In Effects in the Latin American Electricity Sector. 23rd IAEE/USAEE North American Conference, Mexico City, October 2003
An Evolutionary Analysis of Institutional Changes in the Latin American Electricity Sector. 22nd IAEE/USAEE North American Conference, Vancouver, October 2002
Privatisation and Restructuring of the Latin American Electricity Sector: The Role of Fiscal Deficits, Technical Constraints and Distributional Conflict. 18th World Energy Congress, Buenos Aires, October 2001
