In the winter semester 2025/26, the Chair of International Economics will offer the following modules: Bachelor: Foundations of International Trade Case Studies in International Economics (please apply by 13 October via the Moodle course) European Economic Integration (Dr. Haaf, please apply via the Moodle course) Master: African Economic Development (admission...
Critical Infrastructure, Critical Trade-offs: The Growth Effects of Chinese Investments in European Ports
Combining the Pieces: Identifying Key Determinants of Export Diversification in Africa Admidst Model Uncertainty
Courses offered in the winter semester 2025/26
The Impact of Black Economic Empowerment on the Performance of Listed Firms in South Africa
New publication: The impact of black economic empowerment on the performance of listed firms in South Africa
Access to the publication can be found here.
New Bachelor module International Management
International Management will be offered as a new Bachelor's module at the Chair starting this Summer Term 2025. The module will be offered by Prof. Bender. Details about the module (content and methods) can be found in the module handbook and the corresponding Moodle course.
TMC Best Master’s Thesis Award 2024 goes to Benjamin Y. Koch
Last week, TMC Turnaround Management Consult recognized the best final theses at the Department of Business and Economics at TU Dortmund University in the academic year of 2023/2024. Benjamin Y. Koch, who now works as a doctoral researcher at the Chair of International Economics at Ruhr University Bochum, is among...
New publication: Trade liberalisation and manufacturing employment in developing countries
Access to the publication can be found here.
Report on cross-country citizen survey
Natural disaster
Energy conservation
citizens’ perceptions of the energy transition and policies
New publication: Trade Liberalization, IMF Conditionality, and Policy Substitution in Developing Countries
Access to the publication can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse
Introductory Macroeconomics
MERCOSUR in Gravity: An Accounting Approach to Analysing its Trade Effects
False Friends? Empirical Evidence on Trade Policy Substitution in Regional Trade Agreements
Sign Here, Please! On Developing Countries’ Market Access Conditions in Regional Trade Agreements
Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth
Murky trade waters: Regional tariff commitments and non-tariff measures in Africa
The relevance of media sentiment for small and large scale bitcoin investors
Trade Liberalization, IMF Conditionality and Policy Substitution in Developing Countries
Trade Liberalisation and Manufacturing Employment in Developing Countries
Case Studies in International Economics
FDI, Liquidity, and Political Uncertainty
Power Outages, Firm Productivity, and Generator Ownership in East Africa
Economic Uncertainty and National Bitcoin trading Activity
Do Green Defaults Reduce Meat Consumption?
Corruption in Space: A Closer Look at the World’s Subnations
China in Africa: Competitor of the EU?
China in Africa: Competitor of the EU?
Dr. Irina Dubova
Dr. Ruth Hoekstra
Dr. Jens Königer
Dr. Frederik Stender
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Prof. Dr. Magdalene Silberberger
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Dr. Henning Mühlen
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