Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research

Academic Background

Leonie Reher studied North American Studies (B.A.) at FU Berlin and International Economics (M.Sc.) with a focus on International Trade and Production at the Georg-August University of Göttingen. As an exchange student and DAAD scholarship holder, she spent a year at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. During her master's studies, she worked as a tutor for econometrics at the Chair of Econometrics at the University of Göttingen. She gained practical experience as an intern at the U.S. Commercial Service at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and as an intern and working student in Public Sector Consulting at KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. Leonie Reher had been a research assistant at the Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research at the University of Göttingen since February 2021 before joining the Institute for Small Business Economics at the Georg‐August‐University Göttingen in September 2023. She is pursuing a Ph.D. at the Faculty of Economics, focusing mainly on innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in lagging regions. Her research interests include innovation economics, trade, labor economics, and digitalization.


Publications


  • Reher, L., Runst, P. & Thomä, J. (2024). Personality and regional innovativeness: An empirical analysis of German patent data. Research Policy, 53 (6), 105006.
  • Reher, L., Runst, R., Thomä, J. & Bizer, K. (2024). Measuring non-R&D drivers of innovation: The case of SMEs in lagging regions. ifh Working Papers (No. 45). Göttingen.
  • Avdeenko, A., Kaiser, M., Kis-Katos, K. & Reher, L. (2024). Sanctions, Sales, and Stigma: A Tale on the Performance of International Brands in Russia. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19215. CEPR Press, Paris & London.
  • Hädrich, T., Reher, L., & Thomä, J. (2024). Solving the Puzzle? An Innovation Mode Perspective on Lagging Regions. International Regional Science Review, 01600176241283898.
  • Reher, L., Runst, P. & Thomä, J. (2024). Patterns of personality: An explanatory approach to innovation in lagging regions? FGF-Forschungsnetzwerk Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand e.V. and IfM Bonn, Policy Brief "Entrepreneurship in Focus," 6/2024. Bonn.



Presentations


  • Research Conference on “Doing, Using and Interacting - Innovation in Lagging Regions,” 21-22.11.2024, Göttingen, Germany: “Measuring non-R&D drivers of innovation: The case of SMEs in lagging regions.”
  • Innovation Policy for Lagging Regions, 24-25.09.2024, Loccum, Germany: “Assessing the Innovation Mode of SMEs in Lagging Regions.”
  • 6th Creative Spark, 06-07.03.2024, Berlin, Germany: “Personality and Regional Innovativeness: An Empirical Analysis of German Patent Data.”
  • 2024 RSA Annual Conference, 11-14.06.2024, Florence, Italy: “Measuring non-R&D drivers of innovation: The case of SMEs in lagging regions.”
  • 7th Geography of Innovation Conference, 10-12.01.2024, Manchester, UK: “DUI Drivers of Innovation in Lagging Regions.”
  • Rethinking Clusters 2023, 28-29.09.2023, Valencia, Spain: “DUI Drivers of Innovation.”
  • VfS Annual Conference 2023, 24-27.09.2023, Regensburg, Germany: “Sanctions, Sales, and Stigma: A Tale on the Performance of International Brands in Russia.”
  • 2022 RSA Winter Conference, 10-11.11.2022, London, UK: “Personality and Regional Innovativeness: An Empirical Analysis of German Patent Data.”



Thesis Topics


  • Innovation Economics
  • Regional Economics
  • Labor Economics