Welcome.
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the PROSPER Research Center at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics and a Research Fellow at the Trade Policy Research Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). I completed my PhD in Economics at Bielefeld University in January 2026.
My research lies at the intersection of international economics and political economy. I study how firms and individuals respond to global uncertainty and non-market forces—such as sanctions, institutional frictions, and shifts in the information environment—and how these factors shape patterns in international trade as well as political and social outcomes.
I am interested in integrating unconventional - often big data - into conventional empirical research employing for example spacial variation and text analysis.
Fields: International Economics, Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics.
Research
- "Who is to suffer? Quantifying the impact of sanctions on German firms." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2024), 228, 106767. (with Holger Görg and Saskia Meuchelböck)
- “Gravity of attention and affection: Evidence from social media interactions during the World Cup” (with Julian Hinz)
- "Trading on continuity: Product quality upgrading under weak institutions"
Policy Output
- “Gender and political views in Europe: Is the divide widening among youth?” (with Anna Bernard)
- “War in Ukraine and Western sanctions – How vulnerable are German firms?” (with Holger Goerg and Saskia Meuchelboeck)
- “Unternehmensanalyse zum Deutschen Handel mit Russland, Ukraine und Belarus” -- confidential report (with Holger Görg and Saskia Meuchelböck)
- “Effects of the AfCFTA for German and European companies” (with Sonali Chowdhry, Julian Hinz and Rainer Thiele)
- “Perspektiven einer erfolgreichen europäischen Handelspolitik im Kontext geopolitischer Herausforderungen” (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Katrin Kamin, Sonali Chowdhry, Julian Hinz, Sandra Kill, and Alexander Sandkamp)
- “The Economic Costs of War by Other Means” (with Sonali Chowdhry, Gabriel Felbermayr, Julian Hinz, Katrin Kamin, and Hendrik Mahlkow)
- “Aktualisierung der Studie zu Auswirkungen des Freihandelsteils im Rahmen eines Assoziierungsabkommens zwischen der EU und dem MERCOSUR auf die deutsche Wirtschaft” -- confidential report (with Rahel Aichele, Martin Braml, Gabriel Felbermayr, Lisandra Flach, Julian Hinz, Katrin Kamin, Feodora Teti, Erdal Yalcin and Marina Steininger)
- “A crisis in times of crisis: Combating COVID-19 under sanctions in Iran” (with Sonali Chowdhry and Katrin Kamin)