CEPA
Center for Economic Policy Analysis at University of Potsdam
- Final PRSE talk of the semester! Aileen Oeberst (U Potsdam) presents "Biases and Judgment Errors on the Individual and Collective Level" 📅 Feb 3, 2:15 PM 📍 Haus 6, Room S18 Join us!
- We'd like to invite you to join us in next week's PRSE (January 20). Mikael Lindahl (Göteborgs universitet) will present a project titled "Dynastic Human Capital, Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants". The seminar will begin at 2:15 pm and take place in Haus 6, Room S18.
- We are pleased to invite you to our next Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics on January 13, 2026. Jan Nimzik (ESMT Berlin) will present a project titled "Networks and Women's Career Paths". The seminar will begin at 2:15 pm and take place in Haus 6, Room S18.
- Please join us for our next PRSE on December 9, 2025. @jethie.bsky.social (U Potsdam, IMK) will present a project titled "Cascading Transformation: Estimating the Effects of Green Government Spending through the Production Network". The seminar will take place at 2:15 pm in Haus 6, Room S18.
- We are pleased to invite you to next week's PRSE presentation on December 2, 2025. @simonwiederhold.bsky.social (University of Halle-Wittenberg) will present a project titled "The Value of Early-Career Skills". The seminar will begin at 2:15 pm and take place in Haus 6, Room S18.
- We're pleased to invite you to this week's PRSE. Johannes Brumm (@kit.edu) will present a project titled "Public Debt in Calibrated OLG Models: Fiscal Arithmetic versus Welfare Analysis". Come join us! 📅 Date: November 25, 2025 🕐 Time: 2.15 pm 📍 Location: Haus 6, Room S18, Campus Griebnitzsee
- 🎓 Join us for the next Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics! 📅 November 18, 2.15 pm 📍 Haus 6, Room S18 Nabanita Datta Gupta (@au.dk) presents: "Genetic Predictors of Cognitive Decline and Labor Market Exit" Looking forward to this fascinating talk!
- Join us for next week's PRSE presentation on November 11, 2025. @waldomarz.bsky.social (ifo Institute and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social) will present on "Distributional Effects of Vehicle Emission Standards Between Cities". The seminar will begin at 2:15 pm and take place in Haus 6, Room S18.
- 🎓 Join us for the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics! 📅 November 4, 2025 | 1:45 PM 📍 Haus 6, Room S18 Pia Schilling (U of Konstanz) presents: "A Journey to Unity – A Teacher-led Preschool Program to Foster Social Cohesion" (1/2)
- Note: Adjusted timing allows attendees to catch Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin's public lecture at HU Berlin afterward! 🏆 (2/2)
- 🎓 Post-Doc in Empirical Economics @ University of Potsdam Chair of Empirical Economics (Prof. Caliendo) 3-year position starting April/Oct 2026 Focus: labor/education economics & policy evaluation Connected to Berlin School of Economics
- Requirements: PhD in Economics, strong empirical skills, German & English fluency Deadline: Nov 20, 2025 More info here: www.empwifo.de
- It is our pleasure to invite you to our first regular Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics this semester on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 2:15 pm. Björn Brey (@nhhnor.bsky.social ) will present on "Private property rights and technological inertia: Evidence from the electrification of Switzerland".
- This seminar is in person. We will meet in H01, Haus 6, Campus Griebnitzsee.
- Publication alert: In the new CEPA Discussion Paper, Joern Block, Miriam Gnad, Alexander Kritikos and Caroline Stiel investigate how declines in job satisfaction after a negative external shock are related to investment decisions of self-employed individuals. (1/3) ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...
- Having separated job satisfaction into its financial and non-financial aspects, they show that - decreasing financial job satisfaction is positively related to time investments into the venture; thus reduced financial job satisfaction induces higher search efforts to improve the business situation
- - reductions in non-financial job satisfaction are negatively associated with both time and monetary investments; negative experiences – in form of reduced non-financial job satisfaction – narrow the thought-action repertoire. (3/3)
- Here are some impressions from the 9th PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics taking place at the University of Potsdam. The event brings together young researchers to present and discuss their work, fostering exchanges and new perspectives. (1/3)
- Many thanks to our keynote speaker, @amandayagan.bsky.social , for delivering an inspiring keynote that set the tone for the event. (2/3)
- A big thank you as well to @amandayagan.bsky.social and @annabindler.bsky.social for contributing to the sessions on the academic job market — your insights and advice were invaluable for early-career researchers navigating this important stage. (3/3)
- New CEPA Discussion Paper: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... Torben Klarl, Alexander S. Kritikos, and Knarik Poghosyan study where equity crowdfunding campaigns happen in Germany and how their locations relate to those of traditional investors like banks and venture capitalists. (1/2)
- Main finding: Equity crowdfunding is not closing the regional funding gap — it thrives where venture capital already flows. (2/2)
- New Research Paper by Lisa Bruttel, Holger Rau & @vasilisawerner.bsky.social: "Partial Cartels and Ringleaders: An Experimental Study": ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...
- Key Insights: - The possibility to form partial cartels creates opposing effects: the individual willingness to communicate decreases due to free-riding incentives, but overall, communication becomes more frequent because a coalition of firms willing to communicate cannot be blocked by one outsider.
- - Ringleader policies can backfire via a leading-by-example effect where information about ringleader activities motivates other firms to participate in the cartel which increases prices compared to settings without such policies.
- These findings underline the importance of nuanced antitrust policy approaches. Explore the detailed coordination mechanisms of partial cartels in our study.
- The 3rd Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems took place in Potsdam last week, organized by CEPA members @katrinhuber.bsky.social, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, and @emarkowsky.bsky.social.
- This week, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, @emarkowsky.bsky.social and myself had the incredible privilege of hosting the 3rd edition of the Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems in Potsdam! It was an absolute blast! (1/3)
- 📢 Uni Potsdam's Chair of Markets, Competition and Institutions invites applications for Academic Staff Member position to be filled asap (limited to 3 years). Your future team works in behavioral & experimental economics with a focus on communication and cooperation. 1/n tinyurl.com/3n8dumrt
- The position offers: Fully equipped experimental economics lab Online experiment facilities Generous research funding Friendly, cooperative team atmosphere Opportunity for doctorate in behavioral economics 2/n
- Your responsibilities: Own research as part of a doctorate in behavioral economics Collaboration in research projects of the chair Teaching in microeconomics and behavioral economics (German & English) 3/n
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View full threadGreat benefits including flexible hours, home office options, and 30 vacation days! 6/6
- In a new CEPA Discussion Paper, Marco Caliendo, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, @katrinhuber.bsky.social, Harald Pfeifer, @arneuhlendorff.bsky.social, and Sophie Wagner examine how gender shapes managers’ decisions regarding on-the-job training, offering new insights into the supply side of training. 1/3
- Using a discrete choice experiment with German firms, they find that while women are slightly more likely to receive training overall, young women are less often selected-especially by female managers. Male managers, on the other hand, favor male employees when training is fully employer-funded. 2/3
- The study highlights how managerial discretion shapes early career opportunities and reinforces gender gaps in training access. 3/3 🔗 Read the full paper: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... #GenderDifferences #ManagerDecisions #HumanCapitalInvestment #OnTheJobTraining #CEPA
- How communication fosters collusion A novel meta-study by Max Andres (@hatrecht.bsky.social) and Lisa Bruttel utilizes seeded LDA to analyze communication and decision data from oligopoly experiments. ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...
- Results show that only mutual agreements are decisive for the strong positive effect of communication on collusion, while the effect of other communication topics – including unilateral promises – is negligible.
- Reposted by CEPACall for Papers: Workshop “Allocation & Distribution” Nov 14–15, 2025, Hamburg. Theoretical, empirical, and experimental contributions on health economics (inequality, incentives, risk, and more). Submit by August 31: www.hche.uni-hamburg.de/en/veranstal... Please share with anyone interested.
- Still accepting applications for the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics! Great opportunity for PhD researchers to present their work and get feedback. Deadline approaching - don't miss out: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...
- We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...
- Join us for our final PRSE presentation this semester: Tuesday, June 24, at 2:15 pm in room S12, Haus 6 (room change!). Agata Galkiewicz (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) will present on "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School-Leaving Examination in Poland".
- Reposted by CEPAStill time to apply to our 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, incl. a lecture series by Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) + keynote lecture by Amanda Agan (Cornell )! We look forward to applications from PhD students & recent postdocs. 📅 Sep 24-25. ⏳ Deadline: June 30. Further details 👇
- We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...
- Upcoming PRSE presentation! Tuesday (May 27) at 2.15 pm, we welcome Steffen Künn (from @umsbe.bsky.social). He will present on "Indoor environment, student satisfaction, and performance: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in university classrooms". Join us in room 2.31, Haus 1!
- We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...
- The workshop will be accompanied by a lecture series on Practical Guidance for Survey and Field Experiments held by Jens Hainmüller. @amandayagan.bsky.social will give a keynote lecture on Labour Markets and Crime.
- Please submit your CV and a paper (or an extended abstract) by June 30, 2025 to workshop-empwifo@uni-potsdam.de. There will be no workshop fees.
- We're pleased to invite you to our upcoming Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics, held this Tuesday (May 20) at 2:15 pm in Room 2.31. Yue Huang (IAAEU, Trier) will present on "Industrial Relations and Working from Home in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic". We look forward to seeing you there!
- Upcoming PRSE presentation: We're excited to announce next week's seminar presentation, featuring Johannes Rincke from @fauwiso.bsky.social . He will present research on "Preferences in Social Network Formation." 📅 Tuesday, May 13 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1 We look forward to seeing you there!
- Reposted by CEPAA new discussion paper "Suspicion and Communication" (w/ Lisa Bruttel and Friedericke Fromme) is out now! Check it out: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... 1/N @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social
- 📢 Upcoming Talk: "Missing Men and Women's Fight for the Vote" by @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social from @wisocologne.bsky.social 📅 Tuesday, May 6 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1 Join us for this fascinating exploration of how gender demographics influenced women's suffrage movements in Germany.
- In this week's edition of the PRSE, @unipotsdam.bsky.social 's own @aikoschmeisser.com will present his work on "The Value of Coworkers: Peer Preferences in a Job Choice Experiment". Come join us on Tuesday, April 29, 2.15pm in Room 2.31, Haus 1!
- 📢Join us for our next PRSE presentation! Dinand Webbing from the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam will present on "Evidence from monitoring and inspections of schools." Tuesday, April 22, 2.15pm, Room 2.31, Haus 1 Don't miss out on learning about how school inspections affect test scores!
- 📣 Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics Our first talk of the semester features @gregorsinger.com presenting: "Complementary Inputs and Industrial Development: Can Lower Electricity Prices Improve Energy Efficiency?" 📅 April 15 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee Join us!
