Johannes M. Bauer

Johannes M. Bauer

Quello Center Director

Johannes M. Bauer was appointed as the Quello Chair for Media and Information Policy and the Director of the Quello Center in August 2018. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Department of Media and Information. He was trained as an engineer and economist, holding MA and PhD degrees in economics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. While at MSU, he also had appointments as a visiting professor at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (2000-2001), the University of Konstanz, Germany (Summer 2010), and most recently the University of Zurich, Switzerland (2012). Much of his research centers on policy issues critical to the Quello Center, such as the design of policy and regulation for advanced media and the Internet, cybersecurity, innovation in the digital economy, and measures to increase digital inclusion. He enjoys working with practitioners from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

More information about Professor Bauer is here.

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Prado, T.S. & Bauer, J.M. (2022). Big Tech Platform Acquisitions of Start-ups and Venture Capital Funding for Innovation. Information Economics and Policy. DOI.
  • Bauer, J.M. (2022). Toward new guardrails for the information society. Telecommunications Policy, 102350. Published online April 6, 2022. DOI
  • Bauer, J.M., & Bohlin, E. (2021). Regulation and innovation in 5G markets, Telecommunications Policy. DOI
  • Knieps, G., & Bauer, J.M. (2021). Internet of Things and the economics of 5G-based local industrial networks, Telecommunications Policy. DOI
  • Hampton, K.N., Robertson, C.T., Fernandez, L., Shin, I., & Bauer, J.M. (2021). How variation in internet access, digital skills, and media use are related to rural student outcomes: GPA, SAT, and educational aspirations. Telematics and Informatics, 101666, DOI.
  • Reisdorf, B.C., Blank, G., Bauer, J. M., Cotten, S., Robertson, C.T., & Knittel, M. (2021). Information Seeking Patterns and COVID-19 in the United States. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 1. DOI
  • Prado, T.S. & Bauer, J.M. (2021). Improving broadband policy design using market data: A general framework and application to Brazil, Telecommunications Policy, 45(5), 102111, DOI.
  • Hong, Soo Jeong, Bauer, Johannes M., Lee, Kwangjin, Granados, Nelson F. (2020). Drivers of supplier participation in ride-hailing services, Journal of Management Information Systems, 37(3), 602-630. Download at DOI.
  • Bauer, Johannes M. (2018), The Internet and income inequality, Telecommunications Policy, 42(4): 333-343, available online.

RECENT BOOK

Bauer, Johannes M. & Latzer, Michael (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of the Internet, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2016. Paperback edition 2017.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

  • Bauer, Johannes M. “The gig economy and income inequality”, Barcelona, Spain, July 2, 2018.
  • Bauer, Johannes M. “The digital economy”, Sao Pãolo, Brazil, April 24, 2018.