Contact Information
Zhan Qu
Faculty of Business and Economics,
University of Göttingen
Email: zhan.qu@uni-goettingen.de
Positions
University of Göttingen, Akademischer Rat, 2019-
TU Dresden, Postdoc, 2015-2019
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Kiel University, Germany, 2014 (Advisor: Horst Raff)
M.S. in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, France
M.S. in Economics, B.A. in Economics, B.S. in Mathematics, Wuhan University, China
Research Interests
Applied microeconomic theory, International Economics, Industrial Organization, Operations Management
Publications
Does Vertical Integration Increase Product Quality? (with Sanxi Li and Xinyu Li), Economic Theory Bulletin (2023),11,69–80.
Two-Part Tariffs, Inventory Stockpiling, and the Bullwhip Effect (with Horst Raff), European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 308, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 201-214.
Vertical Contracts in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect (with Horst Raff), Management Science (2021), 67 (6), 3744-3756.
International Trade with Sequential Production (with Udo Kreickemeier), Economic Theory, Volume 69, 2020, Pages 1101–1125.
Incentives through Inventory Control in Supply Chains (with Horst Raff and Nicolas Schmitt), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 59, 2018, Pages 486-513.
Working Papers
Inventory Performance and the Cost of Global Sourcing (with Sanne Kruse-Becher and Horst Raff)
Offshoring and Firm-level Innovation (with Udo Kreickemeier and Florian Unger)
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
2022-23 Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship by the European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS)
2011-14 Oluf-Rieke-Scholarship by Oluf-Rieke Foundation
2008-09 Eiffel Scholarship by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
International Trade: Theory and Policy, 2018-
Graduate Courses
Advanced International Trade (with Udo Kreickemeier), 2015-
Firms in International Trade (with Udo Kreickemeier), 2019-
Economics of Multinational Enterprises, 2015-
The Global Organization of Production, 2016-
Professional Activities
Referee for Review of World Economics, European Economic Review, International Journal of Production Research, Review of Development Economics, International Economics, Review of International Economics, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Regional Science
Languages and Computer Skills
English: fluent; German: intermediate (B2); Chinese: native
Matlab
Personal
Chinese citizen, German permanent residency
Married, two children (2014, 2016)