The Institute of Economics organizes a research seminar series during the lecture period of every semester. The institute team as well as distinguished guests present their most recent research results and sharing on their research work. The seminars take place at the institute building (Spielmannstrasse 9). Talks are usually given in English.
You are very welcome to attend the seminars. Due to limited room capacity, if you plan to attend, please register by reaching out to Hanh My Le via e-mail: hanh-my.le(at)tu-braunschweig.de .
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.04.2025 | 11:00 | Christian Ochsner (CERGE-EI) | Pandemics' reprisals: The U-shaped pattern of suffering for effective policy measures |
| 07.05.2025 | 11:00 | Viktoria Kleinschmidt (TU BS) | Train stations and car ownership: Evidence from Germany |
| 04.06.2025 | 11:00 | Michael Stützer (DHBW Mannheim) | A golden opportunity: The gold rush, entrepreneurship, and culture |
| 18.06.2025 | 11:00 | Felix Roesel (TU BS) | How to referee |
| 02.07.2025 | 11:00 | Janina Senner (TU BS) | tba |
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.10.2024 | 11:00 | Ann Hipp (Thuenen) | Inventor Mobility after the Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| 27.11.2024 | 11:00 | André Diegmann (IWH Halle) | Committing to Grow: Employment Targets and Firm Dynamics |
| 11.12.2024 | 11:00 | Hanh My Le (TU BS) | Visual Heuristics of the New Difference-in-Differences Methods |
| 15.01.2025 | 11:00 | Frédéric Grüninger (Bochum) | Climate Change Risks and Municipal Borrowing Costs: Evidence from Flood Exposure and the US Municipal Bond Market |
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.04.2024 | 11:00 | Janina Senner, Viktoria Kleinschmidt (TUBS) | Understanding the recent difference-in-differences methods |
| 17.04.2024 | 11:00 | Felix Kersting (HU Berlin) | Agricultural crises and the demise of Weimar's democracy |
| 08.05.2024 | 11:00 | Martin Simmler (Thünen) | How important are transportation costs for firms? - Evidence from the German Truck Toll |
| 05.06.2024 | 11:00 | Diana Zarbailova (TUBS) | COVID-19 Cash Transfers and Incumbent's Approval: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Russia |
| 12.06.2024 | 11:30 | Sonja Kurzbach (TUBS) | Public Investment and Urban Economic Structure |
| 19.06.2024 | 11:00 | Jan Priebe (BNITM Hamburg) | Religious discrimination in health: Evidence from primary healthcare in Indonesia |
| 03.07.2024 | 11:00 | Julia Wolffson (TUBS) | Changing the Nameplate: Does (more) autonomy affect the performance of public universities? |
| Date | Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.11.2023 | 11:00 | Felix Rösel (TU Braunschweig) | Effective table and figure design in research papers |
| 23.11.2023 | 15:00 | Huyen Nguyen (IWH Halle) | Regulating Zombie Mortgages |
| 23.01.2024 | 11:30 | Christian Ebner (TU Braunschweig) | Understanding (Mis)perceptions of Occupational Incomes – An Empirical Analysis of Occupational and Individual Factors |
| 31.01.2024 | 10:30 | Jonas Klaerchen (TU Braunschweig) | How Employees Impact Firm Decisions: Why International Corporations Leave Russia |
| 07.02.2024* | 11:00 | Maximilian Todtenhaupt (Uni Hannover) | Altruistic Behavior and Government Interventions in Times of Crisis |
| 13.02.2024 | 15:00 | Fabian Paetzel (TU Clausthal) | In-Group Bias in Natural Groups of Soldiers |
| Date | Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.04.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Tobias Hellmundt (University of Göttingen) | Conflicts of rural transformation: The effects of oil palm expansion in Indonesia |
| 26.04.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Matthias Flückiger (University of York) | Sharing on Academic Writing |
| 10.05.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Felix Rösel (TU Braunschweig) | Firm Relocation and Urban Structural Change |
| 24.05.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Israel García Dominguez (Universität Marburg) | Budget Forecast Errors and the Role of Transparency Rules |
| 09.06.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Leonie Wenz (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) | The Economic Commitment of Climate Change |
| 27.06.2023 | 15.00 Uhr | Julian Hinz (Universität Bielefeld) | Frictions to intranational investment |
| 05.07.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Sonja Kurzbach (TU Braunschweig) | The German East-West Wage Gap Revisited: Do Non-linear Effects Matter? |
| 12.07.2023 | 10.30 Uhr | Cornelius Peters (Thünen Institut) | Accumulating valuable work experience: The importance of large firms and big cities |
| 19.07.2023 | 13.00 Uhr | Hanh My Le (TU Braunschweig) | Fishy Diplomacy: The Political Driver of High Seas Fishing |
| Date | Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28.10.2022 | 09.00 Uhr | Niklas Potrafke (ifo Institute) | Political Shocks and Inflation Expectations: Evidence from the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine |
| 09.11.2022 | 11.00 Uhr | Markus Ludwig (TU Braunschweig) | On Paper Submission - Sharing from Fridays For Future Research |
| 23.11.2022 | 11.00 Uhr | Andreas Link (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) | Beasts of Burden, Trade, and Hierarchy: The Long Shadow of Domestication |
| 07.12.2022 | 11.00 Uhr | Marc Gürtler, Marvin Zöllner (TU Braunschweig) | Transparency in credit risk modeling - Machine learning based variable selection for linear regression |
| 18.01.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Janina Senner (TU Braunschweig) | The Political Economy of Eco Taxes |
| 01.02.2023 | 11.00 Uhr | Ivo Bischoff (University of Kassel) | Social media and voting intentions - an analysis of the German federal election 2021 |
| 08.02.2023 | 14.00 Uhr | Jonas Klärchen (TU Braunschweig) | Power of the People: Why International Corporations Leave Russia |
| Date | Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2022 | 11.00 a.m. | Felix Rösel (TU Braunschweig) | Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine |
| June 2, 2022 | 3.00 p.m. | Mario Larch (University of Bayreuth) | Introduction to Structural Gravity Equation Estimation with an Application |
| June 15, 2022 | 11.00 a.m. | Kim Kellermann (TU Braunschweig) | Administrative areas and regional identity formation: The case of East Germany |
| June 29, 2022 | 4.00 p.m. | Florian Freund (Thünen Institute) | Impacts of agricultural and trade policies on international food systems |
| June 29, 2022 | 11.00 a.m. | Robert Lehmann (ifo Institute) | The Diffusion of Technological Progress in ICT |
| July 27, 2022 | 11.00 a.m. | Hanh My Le (TU Braunschweig) | The Salinization of Agricultural Hubs: Impact and Adjustment in the Mekong Delta |