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The Department of Economics aims to provide excellence in research and teaching. The department's activities contribute significantly to solving some of today’s most important and pressing economic issues.

The Department of Economics is part of the Kurt W. Rothschild School of Economics and Statistics (RoSES).

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Our Team

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When performance melts away: Heat causes mental errors in high-stakes competitions
(October 2024)

Mario Lackner, Hendrik Sonnabend

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new working paper

How effective is emissions pricing? The role of firm-product-level adjustment
(September 2024)

Karin Mayr-Dorn

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new working paper

The labor and health economics of breast cancer
(September 2024)

Alexander Ahammer, Gerald. J. Pruckner, Flora Stiftinger

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new working paper

The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and The Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018
(September 2024)

Ulrich Glogowsky, Emanuel Hansen, Dominik Sachs, Holger Lüthen

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new working paper

Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
(August 2024)

Alexander Ahammer, Analisa Packham

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More publications and working papers

Event 29.01.2025

Economics Research Seminar

Dominika Langenmayr (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)

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Event 08.01.2025

Economics Research Seminar

Erwin Winkler (University of Erlangen-Nuremburg)

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Event 18.12.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Lara Berger (Uni Köln)

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Event 11.12.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Adam Szeidl (CEU)

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Research

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Teaching

Teaching offers from the Department of Economics

CD-Labor

Christian Doppler Laboratory
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When performance melts away: Heat causes mental errors in high-stakes competitions
(October 2024)

How effective is emissions pricing? The role of firm-product-level adjustment
(September 2024)

The labor and health economics of breast cancer
(September 2024)

The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and The Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018
(September 2024)

Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
(August 2024)

More publications and working papers

Economics Research Seminar

Economics Research Seminar

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CD-Labor

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When performance melts away: Heat causes mental errors in high-stakes competitions (October 2024)

How effective is emissions pricing? The role of firm-product-level adjustment (September 2024)

The labor and health economics of breast cancer (September 2024)

The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and The Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018 (September 2024)

Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (August 2024)

More publications and working papers

Economics Research Seminar

Economics Research Seminar

Economics Research Seminar

Economics Research Seminar

Research

Teaching

CD-Labor

When performance melts away: Heat causes mental errors in high-stakes competitions
(October 2024)

How effective is emissions pricing? The role of firm-product-level adjustment
(September 2024)

The labor and health economics of breast cancer
(September 2024)

The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and The Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018
(September 2024)

Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
(August 2024)