I am lecturer in Economics at University of Bayreuth in Germany. My research broadly covers: - Applied Microeconomics esp. empirical network analysis applied to topics in labor economics and political economy. - Economics of Science** esp. education; academic productivity; collaboration in research; R&D and patents; citation analysis; efficiency of funding. - International and Public Economics esp. fiscal competition; growth and trade; effects of patents and innovation on trade. (For more detail on these topics, please click on Research in the left pane) ** The economics of science aims to understand the impact of science on the advance of technology, to explain the behavior of scientists, and to understand the efficiency or inefficiency of scientific institutions. (The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008). |  E-mail: ali-sina.oender [at] uni-bayreuth.de Address: Universität Bayreuth RW-1, VWL-E Universitätsstrasse 30 D-95447 Bayreuth GERMANY |