Welcome.
I am a research associate at the chair for international economic relations at Bielefeld University and a research fellow at the trade policy research group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). In 2024 I have been a visiting researcher at the Center of Economics for Prosperity (PROSPER) at Católica Lisbon. I completed my PhD in Economics at Bielefeld University in January, now transitioning to a PostDoc position.
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” (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” (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)