Christine Binzel

Professor of Economics: Economy and Society of the Middle East

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Affiliations: AALIMS Faculty Fellow, CEPR Research Affiliate, IZA Research Fellow

Memberships: Research Committee on Development Economics of the German Economic Association, German Social and Economic History Society 

Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Economic History,  Political Economy, Behavioral Economics, Causal Inference, Middle East and North Africa, Social Mobility and Social Movements

* News *

• I presented my work on diamond certification and armed conflict (joint with Dietmar Fehr and Andreas Link) at the KIEL-CEPR African Economic Development Conference (AEDC) in Berlin (12-13 September 2024) >> conference website  >> paper

• New version of my paper on how the Protestant Reformation transformed society through the increased use of the vernacular in printing and education (joint with Andreas Link and Rajesh Ramachandran)  >> here

• Non-academic piece on "Making the Most of Development Assistance" (joint with Matthis Schündeln) >> here