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Carsten Eckel is a professor of Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) specializing in the effects of globalization on workers, firms and governments. His research focuses on issues at the intersection of international trade, industrial organization, labor economics and public finance. 

Professor Eckel earned his doctorate from the University of Passau in 2000 and subsequently held postdoctoral positions at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen and the University of Göttingen. In 2007, he became a tenured full professor at the University of Bamberg, later joining LMU Munich in 2010. During his time at LMU, he was Speaker of the DFG-funded Research Training Group 1928 ("Microeconomic Determinants of Labor Productivity", 2013-2022), served as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics from 2015 to 2017, and currently directs the Munich Graduate School of Economics (MGSE).

In the research community, Carsten Eckel holds network affiliations with CEPR and CESifo, serves on the scientific committee of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) and co-organizes the annual Göttingen Workshop "International Economics". His research has been published by high-impact, peer-review journals in Economics, such as the Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of International Economics and Journal of Economic Theory.

Résumé

Education

• Venia Legendi: Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (University of Göttingen), 2006.

• Dr. rer. pol.: Economics, University of Passau, Germany, 2000.

• Dipl.-Volkswirt Univ.: Economics, University of Passau, Germany, 1996.

Professional Experience

• FULL PROFESSOR: Faculty of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), 2010-present

• FULL PROFESSOR: Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, University of Bamberg, 2007-2010

• POST-DOC/JUNIOR FACULTY: Faculty of Business and Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (University of Göttingen), 2003-2007.

• LECTURER: School of Business & Economics, University of Passau, 2003-2004.

• POST-DOC/JUNIOR FACULTY: School of Business & Economics, University of Passau, 2000-2003.

• POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW: Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen, Norway, 2000-2001.

• RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSOCIATE: School of Business & Economics, University of Passau, 1996-2000.

Research Network Affiliations

• CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research), Research Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics Programme

• CESifo Research Network, Munich, Fellow

• Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP), Nottingham, External Fellow

• VfS (German Economic Association) Standing Field Committees: International Economics, Regional and Urban Economics