The recruitment period is 07.10.2024 to 24.01.2025, during which time each tutor will hold two 90-minute tutorials per week.

The two renowned ranking providers Times Higher Education (THE) and Shanghai have published their annual subject rankings in the past few days. Once again, both rankings attest to the performance of the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn.

The Department of Economics congratulates Professor Sven Rady, Ph.D. for being elected Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Before joining the University of Bonn, Prof. Stefanie Huber worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam.

Congratulations! Axel Niemeyer and Luca Henkel graduated from Bonn Graduate School of Economics.

Hanna Schwank, Assistant Professor of Economic History at the Department of Economics in Bonn, receives the Reinhard Selten Award of the Verein für Socialpolitik. The prize is endowed with 3,000 euros. It is awarded to young researchers whose work is distinguished by its originality, the significance of the research question and a sound methodology. The award ceremony took place on 24 September during the annual meeting of the VfS in Regensburg.

A comparison of apartment price trends by year of construction in Germany’s largest cities reveals a notable pattern: While prices for new buildings have experienced a relatively modest decline from their peak, the value of existing properties has fallen by more than twice as much. This finding comes from a comprehensive data analysis conducted by the German Real Estate Index (Greix), a project of ECONtribute and the Kiel Institute. In cooperation with local real estate expert committees, transaction prices of German residential real estate are tracked using state-of-the-art scientific methods.

Wie viel kosten Naturkatastrophen einzelne Menschen langfristig? Was wird in offiziellen Statistiken nicht erfasst? Und wie sollten zielgerichtete Katastrophenhilfen aussehen