Timo Wochner

I am a Post-Doctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich and a Research Affiliate at CESifo.

I obtained my PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) in 2025 and previously worked as a junior economist at the ifo Institute. 

My main research fields are applied macroeconomics and political economy.

Publications

Losing Political Representation
Lead Author; with A. Günther, N. Potrafke & F. Rösel. Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.

Gambling for Re-election
with A. Langtry, N. Potrafke & M. Schlepper. Economic Journal, forthcoming.

Expert Inflation Preferences and the Evaluation of Monetary Policy
Lead Author; with L. Hack & N. Potrafke. Journal of International Economics, 2026, Volume 164, 104317.

Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research  
with A. Brodeur & numerous others. Nature, 2026, Volume 652, 151-156. 

Outside Employment and Parliamentary Priorities
with K. Gründler & N. Potrafke. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, Volume 237, 107185.

The Beauty Premium of Politicians in Office
with K. Gründler & N. Potrafke. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, Volume 217. 

Part-time Parliamentarians? Evidence from Outside Earnings and Parliamentary Activities (Masterthesis)
European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, Volume 75, 102224.


Working Papers and Work in Progress

Economic Development in the Shadow of War
with  M. Schlepper (CESifo Working Paper 12915) 

Experts as Intermediaries
with K. Gründler, M. Lamla & N. Potrafke  (also available as CESifo Working Paper 12492)

Public Funds, Private Coverage: The Political Returns to Media Capture

Rights à la Carte
with T. Aidt, M. Gatsou & A. Langtry

Intellectual Reparations
(Descriptive Paper on the Data: Mapping a Large-Scale Program of Knowledge Transfers)
with S. Hager & M. Schlepper 

Reviving Lost Voices: Economic Expectations from Historical Diaries
with L. Hack, L. Kriesmair &  L. Diebold