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Feld (University of Freiburg) "Die deutsche Wirtschaft im Angesicht der EU-Schuldenkrise" Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap (DICE, University of Düsseldorf) "Wettbewerb und Innovation" Prof. Dr. Jesús Crespo-Cuaresma (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Österreich) "The Drivers of Deforestation: Evidence From a New Dataset." Prof. Charles Noussair, Ph.D. (Tilburg University, Niederlande) "A laboratory experiment on bubbles and crashes." Prof. Subhasish Modak Chowdhury, Ph.D. (University of East Anglia) "Overbidding and Overspreading in Contests" Prof. Jan van Hove, Ph.D. (K.U. Leuven) "Variety and Quality in Exports by Multi-product Firms" Prof. Dr. Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (MPI Research of Collective Goods) "Welfare Economics with adaptive Preferences – a Progress Report" Prof. Andrew Clark, Ph.D. (Paris School of Economics) "Winning Big but Feeling No Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health Preferences over Pay Profiles: Evidence from a High-Quit Industry" Prof. Paolo Guerrieri, Ph.D. (Università di Roma) "Service Integration and potential Economic Growth in Europe" Dr. Felix Roth (Centre for European Policy Studies, Brüssel) "Does Intangible Capital affect Economic Growth?" Prof. Susumu Shikano, Ph.D. (University of Konstanz) "Policy or Office? An Empirical Estimate of Partys' Utility Function based on Coalition" Prof. Eric Neumayer, Ph.D. (London School of Economics) "Conditional Spatial Policy Dependence: A Theoretical and Methodological Guide" Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede (University of Erlangen) Geänderter Titel: "Unemployment, Commuting, and Search Intensity" Prof. em. Dr. Fritz Breuss (Vienna University of Economics and Business) „Structural Funds, EU Enlargement, and the Redistribution of FDI in Europe" Prof. Dr. Joachim Wagner (University of Lüneburg) „From estimation results to stylized facts: Twelve recommendations for empirical research in international activities of heterogeneous firms" Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl (University of Leipzig) „Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe" Prof. Dr. Peter Egger (ETH Zürich) „The Trade Effects of Endogenous Preferential Trade Agreements" Dr. Florian Ploeckl (University of Oxford) „Borders, Market Access and Urban Growth; the case of Saxon Towns and the Zollverein" Prof. Eric Dickson, Ph.D. (New York University) „Identities and the Legitimacy of Political Leadership: An Experiment" Prof. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, PhD (Goethe-University of Frankfurt) „Preferences for Democracy and State Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa" Prof. Dr. Werner Güth (Max Planck Institute of Economics), Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kliemt (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) „Homo Oeconomicus in Philosophy and Economics: Puppet on behavioral strings or free actor?" Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Eggert (University of Freiburg) „A Dynamic Model of Conflict and Cooperation" Dr. Stefan Palan (Karl-Franzens-University of Graz) „To See is to Believe - Common Expectations of Rationality in Experimental Asset Markets" Prof. Ronald B. Davies, Ph.D. (University College Dublin, Irland) „Tariffs vs. VAT in the Presence of Informal Firms" Prof. Arye L. Hillman, Ph.D. (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) „Expressive behavior in economics and politics" Prof. Dr. Siegfried Berninghaus (University of Karlsruhe) „Cooperation and Forward-Looking Behavior in Hawk-Dove Games in Endogenous Networks: Experimental Evidence" Prof. Panu Poutvaara, Ph.D. (University of Helsinki, Finnland) „Self-Selection, Earnings and Motivations of Emigrants from a Welfare State" Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D. (Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel) „Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing" Prof. James Vreeland, Ph.D. (Georgetown University Washington D.C., USA) „Participatory Decision Making: A Field Experiment on Manipulating the Votes" Prof. Dennis Quinn, Ph.D. (Georgetown University Washington D.C., USA) „The Influences of Capital Account Liberalization on Democratization: The Economic Growth Channel" Prof. Dr. Laszlo Goerke (University of Tübingen) „An Economic Analysis of Dismissal Legislation: Determinants of Severance Pay in West Germany" Dr. Alexandros Mourmouras (International Monetary Fund, USA) „IFI signaling" PD Dr. Carsten Burhop (MPI zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern, Bonn) „The historical market for technology licenses in Imperial Germany" Prof. Dr. Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen, Niederlande) „Does the Public understand the ECB? A Survey for the Netherlands" Prof. Sascha O. Becker, Ph.D. (University of Stirling, Großbritannien) „Going NUTS: The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance" Prof. Dr. Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zürich, Schweiz) „A Comparison of International and Domestic Sources of Global Governance Dynamics" Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt (RWI, Essen) „Deutschland nach der Krise? Herausforderungen und Aussichten" Kirsten Lommatzsch (Deutsche Bundesbank) „Determinanten des Inflationsprozesses in den neuen Mitgliedsländern der EU" Dr. Nikolaus Wolf (University of Warwick) „Endogenous Borders? Exploring a Natural Experiment on Border Effects" Prof. Dr. Evelyn Korn (Philipps-University of Marburg) „The Economics of Discrimination Revisited" Prof. Jeffrey Williamson, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin (Madison)) „Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind." Prof. Dr. Marc Willinger (Université de Montpellier I) „Income redistribution and public good provision: an experiment" Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Bruno S. Frey (University of Zürich) „Menschliches Verhalten in extremen Situationen: der Untergang der Titanic" Prof. Dr. Frans van Winden (University of Amsterdam) „On the Nature, Modeling and Neural Bases of Social Ties" Matthias Stürmer (ETH Zürich) „Incentives and costs in implementing Private – Collective Innovation: A case study" Prof. Dr. Matthias Blonski (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) „Excess Returns of Companies with a Distinguished Player" Prof. Dr. Hans Fehr (University of Würzburg) „Private Retirement Savings in Germany: The Structure of Tax Incentives and Annuitization" MComm (Economics) Dieter Von Fintel (University of Stellenbosch, Südafrika) „Inequality in a pre-industrial society: evidence from early Cape Colony tax records" Dr. Melanie Arntz (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Mannheim) „Reforming Consumer Directed Care in Germany: A Woodwork Effect?" Dr. Heike Hennig-Schmidt (University of Bonn)
Seminars from Past Semesters
Summer Semester 2026
Winter Semester 2025/26
Summer Semester 2025
Winter Semester 2024/25
Summer Semester 2024
Winter Semester 2023/24
Summer Semester 2023
Winter Semester 2022/23
Summer Semester 2022
Winter Semester 2021/22
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no research colloquium in the winter semester 2021/22.
Summer Semester 2021
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kliemt (Justus Liebig University Gießen)
Winter Semester 2020/21
Summer Semester 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no research colloquium in the summer semester 2020.
Winter Semester 2019/20
Summer Semester 2019
Winter Semester 2018/19
Summer Semester 2018
Prof. Barry Bloom Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Andreas Schaefer (University of Bath)
Winter Semester 2017/18
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Wolf (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Lars P. Feld (University of Freiburg, German Council of Economic Experts)
Summer Semester 2017
Winter Semester 2016/17
Prof. Dr. Johannes Pfeifer (University of Mannheim)
Summer Semester 2016
Prof. Dr. Ralf Dewenter (Helmut-Schmidt-University of Hamburg)
Winter Semester 2015/16
Summer Semester 2015
Winter Semester 2014/15
Summer Semester 2014
Winter Semester 2013/14
Summer Semester 2013
Winter Semester 2012/13
Summer Semester 2012
Winter Semester 2011/12
Summer Semester 2011
Winter Semester 2010/11
Summer Semester 2010
Winter Semester 2009/10
Summer Semester 2009
Winter Semester 2008/09