Research fields
The research focus of the professorship is on development economics, regional convergence and political economy.
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Research
Research interests include International Economics, Development Economics, Regional Economics and Political Economy.
Several research projects are based on granular, geo-referenced data such as daytime and nighttime light data from satellites.
Projects
QIT: Quality Infrastructure for Trade: Evidence from (Central) Asia
joint with Institute of Economics (TU Braunschweig) and PTB (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt)
Previous projects
Shining (New) Light on Regional Inequality, Convergence and Development (DFG Grant LE2395/2-1, 2017-2021). Projektwebsite https://lightinequality.com/