Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies

The aim of the Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) is to create an enduring international platform in the broad area of competition and consumer policies with a specific focus on the effects of digitization and the functioning of digital markets, where excellent interdisciplinary research can actively and effectively inform policy makers on issues that are highly relevant to the current policy debate. The Centre can build on the existing, strong, visible, and interdisciplinary cooperation among the two Leibniz institutes DIW Berlin and WZB, several faculties of the two universities Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin, the ESMT Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). The main goal of BCCP is to fully exploit, reinforce, and institutionalize this exceptional environment to answer specific questions on the optimal design of consumer policies.