I am an economist researching international trade, urban economics, and economic history. 

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Current projects

Inland connectedness and commodity exports during the first wave of globalization 

(with Inga Heiland)

[slides] 

presented at: Kiel-Aarhus Trade Workshop, ETSG 2024 

Striking evidence: The impact of railway strikes on competition from intercity bus services in Germany 

(with Alexander Sandkamp and Matthias Beestermöller)

This paper investigates the impact of rail service interruptions on customer switching behaviour. Using unique booking data on intercity bus services, we exploit regional variation in rail service cancellations during a strike to show that the disruption in rail transport increases bus ticket sales. The effect persists beyond the strike, indicating that travellers do not return to their originally preferred transport mode. It is particularly pronounced for passengers travelling on weekends. The findings suggest that customers were previously under-experimenting. From a policy perspective, our results highlight the need to incentivise experimentation to foster competition, facilitate transformative change and raise welfare.  

CESifo Working Paper, current version, [slides] 

presented at: Kiel Institute Research Seminar, BiGSEM,  ETSG 2023, EPCS 2023, RGS 2023, ifo Dresden Workshop on Regional Economics, Kiel Seminar on Statistics and Econometrics, Workshop on Economics of Transportation (Barcelona), UEA North America Meeting 

CV

CV_academic.pdf

Policy work 

Russia Monitor

As part of a team of researchers from Kiel Institute, wiiw Vienna, and ifo, I contributed to this project for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. See for example our report on Russian maritime shipping under trade restrictions.

Port of Hamburg 

Among several reports regarding the regional economic outlook for Northern Germany I wrote as part of the Kiel Institute's nordwärts project is this Kiel Policy Brief on the future of the Port of Hamburg.

covered in: Manager Magazin, Der SPIEGEL, NDR Info Rederzeit

Work at the OECD

The report Behavioural Insights for Public Integrity is one outcome of my work at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's division for Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption.