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Mahlstein, Kornel

Kornel Mahlstein

Managing Economist
  • 反垄断/竞争法
  • 全球仲裁、贸易及讼辩
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Biography

KORNEL MAHLSTEIN provides analytical and econometrical assistance to companies, associations and governments on international economic, trade and competition policy issues. Working closely with the firm’s Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy and Antitrust/Competition teams, Kornel supports clients by applying economic concepts, principles, models and methods to relevant legal concepts.

Prior to joining the firm, Kornel worked for the Swiss Government at the Economic Policy Department of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). As a member of the short-term macroeconomic analysis group, he was responsible for the estimation and publication of the quarterly GDP figures and the official economic forecasts of the Swiss Government. He also advised the Federal Council and the Chief Economist of the Secretary of Economic Affairs on various economic policy issues, including monetary and fiscal policy, economic stimulus measures and deregulation. Between 2008 and 2009, Kornel was one of the authors of the World Investment Report 2009, one of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's flagship publications.

Kornel holds a Ph.D. in international economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where he also worked as a teaching assistant in econometrics and macro-economics. His Ph.D. covers current issues in competition policy and international trade, including topics relating to rules of breach and remedies in the covered agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Kornel is fluent in English, French and German.

*Not admitted to practice law.

Credentials

Education
  • University of Geneva, 博士学位, 2009
  • University of Geneva, 文学硕士, 2003
Languages
  • 英文
  • French
  • German

Capabilities

News & Insights

  • Co-author, “Quantifying the impact of the latest U.S. tariff sanctions on Russia – a sectoral analysis,” The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (Working Paper), August 22, 2022.
  • Co-author, “The latest US tariff sanctions on Russia: A sectoral analysis,” Center For Economic Policy Research, August 22, 2022.
  • Co-author, “The economic effects of potential EU tariff sanctions on Russia,” Center For Economic Policy Research, September 30, 2022.
  • Co-author, “The Economic Effects of Potential EU Tariff Sanctions on Russia – A Sectoral Approach,” Intereconomics, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 294-305, 2022.
  • Co-author, “Positive Experience With Unilateral Trade Liberalization by Canada, Norway and New Zealand,” Die Volkswirtschaft, 2018. 
  • Co-author, “A Sweet Deal: How Changes in U.S. Chocolate Labeling Rules Could Benefit Africa,” Mosty, 2017.
  • Co-author, “Wie konjunkturell abhängig ist die Schweiz vom Ausland” (Foreign business cycle dependency of the Swiss economy), Die Volkswirtschaft, Vol.2, Pages 4–9, 2013.
  • Co-author, “Schweizer Warenexporte im Zeichen der Frankenstärke” (Swiss good exports performance in periods of a strong Swiss franc), Die Volkswirtschaft, Vol.2, Pages 8–12, 2012.
  • “Outsourcing and Competition Policy,” co-authored with C. Beverelli, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 131–147, 2011.
  • “Die Rolle der ausländischen Direktinvestionen im Agrarsektor” (The role of FDI in the agrigultural sector), Die Volkswirtschaft, Vol.9, Pages 21–24, 2010.
  • “Vertical Restraints and Competition Policy—Internet Sales, a New Dimension to be Considered,” Antitrust Chronicle, Competition Policy International, Volume 3, 2009.
  • Co-author, “The Optimal Design of Trade Policy Flexibility in the WTO,” HEI Working Paper 27, 2007.