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Ciani

Hinweise zum Thema: The role of Anti-dumping duties in a globalized world

Aufgabe: This project has the objective to review recent contributions in the economic literature

investigating the rationale behind the introduction of Anti-dumping duties in the current context of a

globalized and highly interdependent World.

Startliteratur:

o Bown, C. P., and R. McCulloch (2012): Antidumping and Market Competition: Implications for

Emerging Economies. The World Bank.

o Konings, J., and H. Vandenbussche (2005): Antidumping protection and markups of domestic

firms," Journal of International Economics, 65(1), pages 151-165.

o Pierce, J. R. (2011): Plant level responses to antidumping duties: Evidence from US

manufacturers," Journal of International Economics, 85(2), pages 222-233.

Hinweise zum Thema: What drives trade flows of agricultural commodities?

Aufgabe: Agricultural commodities account for a significant share of export revenues in several

countries. The price of these products is often determined at the global level. This project has the

objective to review contributions describing macroeconomic factors determining trade flows in

agricultural commodities.

Startliteratur:

o Adamopoulos, T. 2011. “Transportation Costs, Agricultural Productivity and Cross-Country

Income Differences.” International Economic Review, 52(2): 489–521.

o Bessler, D.A., Yang, J., and M. Wongcharupan. 2003. Price dynamics in the international

wheat market: modeling with error correction and directed acyclic graphs. Journal of

Regional Science 43(1): 1-33.

o Roberts, M. J., Schlenker, W. 2013. Identifying Supply and Demand Elasticities of Agricultural

Commodities: Implications for the US Ethanol Mandate. American Economic Review, 103(6),

2265-95.

Hinweise zum Thema: What will countries trade in the near future?

Aufgabe: This project has the objective to review recent contributions in the economic literature

investigating how the digital revolution will affect countries’ specialization and trade patterns.

Startliteratur:

o Lurong Chen, 2017. "Developing Asia in the Era of Cross-border E-commerce," Working

Papers DP-2017-11, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

o Freund, Caroline, and Diana Weinhold. 2002. "The Internet and International Trade in

Services.” American Economic Review, 92 (2): 236-240.

o Hellmanzik, Christiane & Schmitz, Martin, 2015. "Virtual proximity and audiovisual services

trade," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 82-101.

Hinweise zum Thema: Import protection and the labor market

Aufgabe: The current debate on trade policy is focused on understanding how to protect labor

markets from international trade shocks. Can trade protection be a sustainable tool to protect the

labor market given the present level of economic integration?

Startliteratur:

o Goldberg, P.K., Pavcnik, N., 2005. “Trade, wages, and the political economy of trade

protection: evidence from the Colombian trade reforms”. Journal of International Economics,

Volume 66, Issue 1.

o Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Brian K. Kovak, 2019, “Margins of labor market adjustment to trade,”

Journal of International Economics, Volume 117, Pages 125-142.

o Rodrik, Dani. 2018. "What Do Trade Agreements Really Do?" Journal of Economic

Perspectives, 32 (2): 73-90.

Fremerey

Hinweise zum Thema: Globalisierung und Wahlverhalten – China-Schock

Aufgabe: Welchen Effekt haben ökonomische Schocks auf das Wahlverhalten? Insbesondere die

Effekte des wirtschaftlichen Aufstiegs von China sollen analysiert werden.

Startliteratur:

o Autor, D., Dorn, D., Hanson, G., Majlesi, K. (2016). Importing political polarization? The

electoral consequences of rising trade exposure (No. w22637). Cambridge, MA: National

Bureau of Economic Research.

o Colantone, I., Stanig, P. (2018). The trade origins of economic nationalism: Import

competition and voting behavior in Western Europe. American Journal of Political Science,

62(4), 936-953.

Hinweise zum Thema: Globalisierung und Wahlverhalten – Eurokrise

Aufgabe: Welchen Effekt haben ökonomische Schocks auf das Wahlverhalten? Insbesondere die

Auswirkungen der EU-Writschaftskrise auf Meinungen und Wahlverhalten sollen analysiert werden.

Startliteratur:

o Algan, Yann, Sergei Guriev, Elias Papaioannou, and Evegenia Passari (2017). The European

Trust Crisis and the Rise of Populism. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall).Dustmann,

C., Eichengreen, B., Otten, S., Sapir, A., Tabellini, G., & Zoega, G. (2017). Europe’s trust deficit.

CEPR Press: London.

Hinweise zum Thema: Öffentliche Meinung über Globalisierung und Wahlverhalten

Aufgabe: Protektionistische politische Tendenzen, Demonstrationen gegen TTIP und der Brexit zeigen

ein vermeintlich negatives Bild der öffentlichen Meinung über Globalisierung. Ein kritischer

Literaturüberblick soll klären, ob dies empirisch gestützt werden kann und ob sich dies auch im

Wahlverhalten widerspiegelt.

Startliteratur:

o De Vries, C. E., & Hoffmann, I. (2016). Fear not values: Public opinion and the populist vote in

Europe. Bertelsmann Stiftung.

o DIIS Report (2018). Explaining Globalization Skepticism. Danish Institute for International

Studies, Copenhagen.

Hinweise zum Thema: Schadensersatzklagen und Kronzeugenprogramm

Aufgabe: Mit der Richtlinie 2014/104/EU hat die EU die Möglichkeit für Schadensersatzklagen auf

den Weg gebracht, sodass Bürger, wenn sie durch Verstöße gegen das EU-Wettbewerbsrecht

geschädigt wurden, beispielsweise durch Bildung von Kartellen, klagen können. Das

Kronzeugenprogramm gibt aber nur bedingt Schutz vor Schadensersatzzahlungen. Wie wirken sich

Schadensersatzklagen auf die Kartellstabilität bzw. Anwendung der Kronzeugenregelung aus?

Startliteratur:

o Canenbley, C., & Steinvorth, T. (2011). Effective enforcement of competition law: is there a

solution to the conflict between leniency programmes and private damages actions?. Journal

of European Competition Law & Practice, 2(4).

o Knight, T. and Claire, C. S. (2018). Reconciling the conflict: Antitrust leniency programs and

private enforcement. Working Paper.

Guerrero

Hinweise zum Thema: Gravity & Brexit

Aufgabe: Die Folgen des Brexits sollen durch die Brille der Gravity-Theorie untersucht werden

Startliteratur:

o Anderson, James E., and Eric Van Wincoop. "Gravity with gravitas: a solution to the border

puzzle." American Economic Review 93.1 (2003): 170-192.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/000282803321455214

o (- McCallum, John. "National borders matter: Canada-US regional trade patterns." The

American Economic Review 85.3 (1995): 615-623.)

Hinweise zum Thema: Infrastruktur & Handel: Neubau der Seidenstraße

Aufgabe: Infrastrukturelle Maßnahmen und deren Auswirkungen auf Handelsnetze sollen am Beispiel

des Neubaus der Seidenstraße erklärt werden

Startliteratur:

o Donaldson, Dave. "Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the impact of transportation

infrastructure." American Economic Review 108.4-5 (2018): 899-934.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20101199

Hinweise zum Thema: Protektionismus: Ruanda verbietet die Einfuhr 2nd-hand Kleidung

Aufgabe: Ökonomische Auswirkungen von protektionistischen Zöllen sollen anhand des Beispiels von

Ruanda erklärt werden. (Wahlweise können stattdessen russische Agrarzölle untersucht werden.)

Startliteratur:

o Goldberg, P.K., Pavcnik, N., 2005. “Trade, wages, and the political economy of trade

protection: evidence from the Colombian trade reforms”. Journal of International Economics,

Volume 66, Issue 1.

Hinweise zum Thema: Umwelt & Internationaler Handel

Aufgabe: Ist internationaler Handel gut für die Umwelt, oder doch lieber regional & saisonal?

Startliteratur:

o Antweiler, Werner, Brian R. Copeland, and M. Scott Taylor. "Is free trade good for the

environment?." American Economic Review 91.4 (2001): 877-908.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.4.877

o (Davis, L., Kahn, M. "International Trade in Used Vehicles: The Environmental Consequences

of NAFTA," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2 (2010): 58-82.

o Cherniwchan, J. "Trade Liberalization and the Environment. Evidence from NAFTA and U.S.

Manufacturing," Journal of International Economics 105 (2017): 130-149.)

Kamhöfer

Hinweise zum Thema: Selbstkontrolle und Lernentscheidungen

Startliteratur:

o Wong W. (2008). How much time-inconsistency is there and does it matter? Evidence on self-

awareness, size, and effects. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 68, 645–656.

Hinweise zum Thema: Selbstkontrolle und Konsumentscheidungen

Startliteratur:

o Mandel, N., Scott, M., Kim, S., Sinha, R. Strategies for improving self-control among naïve,

sophisticated, and time-consistent consumers. Journal of Economic Psychology, 60 (2017):

109–125.

Hinweise zum Thema: Verhütungsprogramme in Schulen und Fertilität

Startliteratur:

o Buckles, K. and Hungerman, D. (2018). The incidental fertilitly effects of school condom

distribution programs. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (37)3:464-492.

Hinweise zum Thema: Fertilität und das Arbeitsangebot von Müttern

Startliteratur:

o Lundbor, P., Plug, E., and Würtz-Rasmussen, A. (2017). Can women have children and a

career? IV Evidence from IVF Treatments. American Economic Review 107(6):1611-1637.

Köster

Hinweise zum Thema: Self-control problems and commitment contracts

Startliteratur:

o Carrera et al (2019, WP; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AsF_XJQN2HdplQSCACaON-

F9ys6hV0t3/view)

Hinweise zum Thema: Wohlfahrtseffekte (in)akkurater statistischer Diskriminierung

Startliteratur:

o Bohren et al. (2019, WP;

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Hinweise zum Thema: One Person, One Vote vs. Quadratic Voting

Startliteratur:

o Posner and Weyl (2017, PC; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-017-0404-5)

o Lalley and Weyl (2018, AEA P&P;

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2003531)

Martínez-Martínez

Hinweise zum Thema: Conflicts and coordination between and within groups

Aufgabe: In this project the student will analyze how the dynamics in conflicts between groups is

related to the interactions between individuals inside the groups. The student is expected to conduct

a critical survey of the recent experimental works and identify the most relevant factors. Basic

knowledge of game theory is an advantage.

Startliteratur:

o Abbink, K., J. Brandts, B. Herrmann and H. Orzen (2010). “Intergroup Conflict and Intra-group

Punishment in an Experimental Contest Game.” American Economic Review, 100, 1, 420–

447.

o Bornstein, G., U. Gneezy and R. Nagel (2002). “The Effect of Intergroup Competition on

Group Coordination: An Experimental Study.” Games and Economic Behavior, 41, 1, 1–25.

o Gneezy, A. and D.M.T. Fessler (2011). “Conflict, sticks and carrots: war increases prosocial

punishments and rewards.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 1727, 219–223.

o Goette, L., D. Huffman, S. Meier and M. Sutter (2012). “Competition Between Organizational

Groups: Its Impact on Altruistic and Antisocial Motivations.” Management Science, 58, 5,

948–960.

Hinweise zum Thema: Recent developments in the classic problem of cooperation

Aufgabe: In this project the student will conduct a survey study of some strategic aspects affecting

cooperation among individuals in repeated interactions. Using the recent (experimental) survey by

Dal Bó and Fréchette (J. Econ. Lit., 2018) as a starting point, the student is expected to identify

several of the relevant dimensions and focus on one or two of them for a critical assessment. Basic

interest in game theory is recommended.

Startliteratur:

o Crawford, V.P. (2016). "New Directions for Modelling Strategic Behavior: Game-Theoretic

Models of Communication, Coordination, and Cooperation in Economic Relationships."

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30, 4, 131–50.

o Dal Bó, P. and G.R. Fréchette (2018). "On the Determinants of Cooperation in Infinitely

Repeated Games: A Survey." Journal of Economic Literature, 56, 1, 60–114.

Hinweise zum Thema: Number effects in the logic of collective action

Aufgabe: In this project the student will focus on the classic linear public-goods game and analyze the

problem of how individual incentives are influenced by the size of the group. Interest in game theory

is recommended.

Startliteratur:

o Hilbe, C., A. Traulsen and K. Sigmund. (2014). “Cooperation and Control in Multiplayer Social

Dilemmas.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 16425-16430.

o Isaac, R., J. Walker and A. Williams (1994). “Group Size and the Voluntary Provision of Public

Goods– Experimental Evidence Utilizing Large Groups.” Journal of Public Economics, 54, 1–

36.

o Weimann, J. et al. (2019). “Public Good Provision by Large Groups–The Logic of Collective

Action Revisited.” European Economic Review, 118, 348-363.

Meinhof

Hinweise zum Thema: Dealing with the medical care costs of obesity. The problem of moral hazard

and implications for insurance and government policy.

Startliteratur:

o Cawley, J., & Meyerhoefer, C. (2012). The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental

variables approach. Journal of health economics, 31(1), 219-230.

Hinweise zum Thema: The costs and benefits of Medicaid. An alternative to compulsory health

insurances?

Startliteratur:

o Finkelstein, A., et al. (2012). The Oregon health insurance experiment: evidence from the first

year. The Quarterly journal of economics, 127(3), 1057-1106.

Hinweise zum Thema: Pricing CO2 emissions: Are costs passed-through to costumers?

Startliteratur:

o Fabra, N., & Reguant, M. (2014). Pass-through of emissions costs in electricity markets.

American Economic Review, 104(9), 2872-99.

Oschmann

Hinweise zum Thema: Machine Learning Methods for Demand Estimation: A survey of recent

literature

Startliteratur:

o Bajari, P., Nekipelov, D., Ryan, S.P., Yang, M., 2015. Demand estimation with machine

learning and model combination. Technical Report. National Bureau of Economic Research.

Hinweise zum Thema: Der Differenz-in-Differenzen Ansatz zur Kartellschadensermittlung:

Empirische Anwendung mit Hilfe eines Beispieldatensatzes

Aufgabe: In dieser Projektarbeit soll der/die Studierende einen Datensatz mit Hilfe des Computer-

Programms R analysieren. Es wird vorausgesetzt, dass der/die Studierende die Kurse "BS03:

Ökonometrie" und "BW14: Competition Analysis: Theory and Empirical Methods" belegt, bzw.

bereits erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat.

Startliteratur:

o Davis P., Garcés E. (2009). Quantitative Techniques for Competition and Antitrust Analysis.

Princeton University Press.

Hinweise zum Thema: Der Differenz-in-Differenzen Ansatz zur Schätzung des Effektes von Fusionen

und Übernahmen auf Innovationen von Unternehmen: Empirische Anwendung mit Hilfe eines

Beispieldatensatzes

Aufgabe: In dieser Projektarbeit soll der/die Studierende einen Datensatz mit Hilfe des Computer-

Programms R analysieren. Es wird vorausgesetzt, dass der/die Studierende die Kurse "BS03:

Ökonometrie" und "BW31: Innovationsökonomik" belegt, bzw. bereits erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat.

Startliteratur:

o Bena, J. & Li, K. (2014). Corporate innovations and mergers and acquisitions. The Journal of

Finance, 69(5), 1923-1960.

Hinweise zum Thema: Der Differenz-in-Differenzen Ansatz zur Ermittlung des Effektes des

Mindestlohnes in New Jersey und Pennsylvania in 1992

Startliteratur:

o Card, D., Krueger, A. B., 1994. Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-

Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The American Economic Review, 84(4), pp.

772-793.

Steffen

Hinweise zum Thema: Die Rolle von nationalen Institutionen im Internationalen Handel I

Startliteratur:

o Beverelli, Cosimo & Keck, Alexander & Larch, Mario & Yotov, Yoto, 2018. "Institutions, Trade

and Development: A Quantitative Analysis," School of Economics Working Paper Series 2018-

3, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University.

https://ideas.repec.org/p/ris/drxlwp/2018_003.html

Hinweise zum Thema: Die Rolle von nationalen Institutionen im Internationalen Handel II

Startliteratur:

o Lanz, Rainer & Lee, Woori & Stolzenburg, Victor, 2019. "Distance, formal and informal

institutions in international trade," WTO Staff Working Papers ERSD-2019-03, World Trade

Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division.

https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/wtowps/ersd201903.html

Hinweise zum Thema: Unilaterale Variablen in der Gravity Analyse

Startliteratur:

o Sellner, R. Non‐discriminatory Trade Policies in Panel Structural Gravity Models: Evidence

from Monte Carlo Simulations. Rev Int Econ. 2019; 27: 854– 887.

https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12401

Sulka

Hinweise zum Thema: Aggregate financial literacy across time and across countries

Startliteratur:

o Jappelli (2010), “Economic Literacy: An International Comparison”, The Economic Journal

o Jappelli & Padula (2013), “Investment in financial literacy and saving decisions”, Journal of

Banking & Finance

Hinweise zum Thema: Models of self-regulation in economics: Underlying mechanisms and their

implications

Startliteratur:

o Duckworth, Milkman & Laibson (2018), "Beyond Willpower: Strategies for Reducing Failures

of Self-Control", Psychological Science in the Public Interest

o Ericson & Laibson (2018), "Intertemporal Choice", NBER Working Paper

Werner

Hinweise zum Thema: Group size effects and distributional preferences

Startliteratur:

o Schumacher, Kesternich, Kosfeld, Winter, 2017, The Review of Economic Studies, 84(3),

1346-1377

o Andreoni, 2007, Journal of Public Economics, 91(9), 1731-1749.

Zeimentz

Hinweise zum Thema: Empirical Measures of CEO Overconfidence

Aufgabe: The student is supposed to present and critically discuss different measures of CEO

overconfidence based on observational data.

Startliteratur:

o Malmendier, Ulrike, and Geoffrey Tate. “Behavioral CEOs: The role of managerial

overconfidence.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 29.4 (2015): 37-60.

o Malmendier, U., & Tate, G. (2005). CEO overconfidence and corporate investment. The

journal of finance, 60(6), 2661-2700.

Hinweise zum Thema: Uniform Pricing in U.S. Retail Chains

Aufgabe: DellaVigna and Gentzkow (2019) provide evidence that there is little variation in prices

within a retail chain across different regions in the United States. Could firms raise profits by

adjusting their prices to local economic conditions? If yes, why do firms nevertheless choose uniform

prices?

Startliteratur:

o “Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains” (with Matthew Gentzkow), Quarterly Journal of

Economics, November 2019, Vol. 134, 2011–2084.

Hinweise zum Thema: Monopolistic Pricing with Time-Inconsistent Consumers

Aufgabe: In this project the student is supposed to explain how a monopolistic firm reacts to a

consumer with self-control problems. DellaVigna and Malmendier (2004) provide a nice model as

well as empirical evidence. Discuss the features of the profit-maximizing contract. How could the

model be extended? Does the model explain pricing in further industries?

Startliteratur:

o DellaVigna, Stefano, and Ulrike Malmendier. “Contract design and self-control: Theory and

evidence.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 119.2 (2004): 353-402.

Hinweise zum Thema: Overconfident Consumers in the Market Place - A Literature Review

Aufgabe: How do firms respond to overconfident consumers? In this project the student is supposed

to present and critically discuss different approaches to this topic.

Startliteratur:

o Grubb, M. D. (2015). Overconfident consumers in the marketplace. Journal of Economic

Perspectives, 29(4), 9-36.