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I am Professor of International Economics at TU Dortmund. I am also affiliated to CESifo, DICE, IZA and RF Berlin.

My research focuses on policy-relevant questions at the intersection of public, urban, international and labor economics. 

Among others, my work has been published in the Journal of the European Economic Association, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and the Journal of Public Economics.  Find all publications here.