Contact Information
Zhan Qu
Faculty of Business and Economics,
University of Göttingen
Email: zhan.qu@uni-goettingen.de
Positions
University of Göttingen, Researcher, 2024-
University of Göttingen, Akademischer Rat (comparable to Assistant Professor), 2019-2024
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
Incentives for Information Revelation in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect (with Horst Raff and Frank Stähler), Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.
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
Trade Policy Uncertainty and Export Logistics: How German Exporters Adjusted to Uncertainty Caused by the Brexit Referendum (with Victor Gimenez Perales, Holger Görg, and Horst Raff), under review
The Importer Inventory Premium and the Cost of Global Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from Danish Firms (with Sanne Kruse-Becher and Horst Raff), under review.
Offshoring and Firm-level Innovation (with Udo Kreickemeier and Florian Unger)
Rent sharing and optimal factor allocation in the open economy (with Udo Kreickemeier and Florian Unger)
Translation
Antràs, Pol. Global Production: Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure 《全球生产：企业、合同与贸易结构》. Translated into Chinese by Rui Xie (谢锐), Junyi Liang (梁筠怡), Zhan Qu (屈展), and Lianying Hong (洪联英). Shanghai: Gezhi Press 格致出版社, September 2024. ISBN 9787543235502.
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, 2018-2024
Graduate Courses
Advanced International Trade (with Udo Kreickemeier), 2015-2024
Firms in International Trade (with Udo Kreickemeier), 2019-2024
Economics of Multinational Enterprises, 2015-2024
The Global Organization of Production, 2016-2024
Professional Activities
Referee for Journal of Economic Theory, Production and Operations Management, European Economic Review, Journal of Regional Science, Review of International Economics, Review of World Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Review of Development Economics, International Economics.
Languages and Computer Skills
English: fluent; German: intermediate (B2); Chinese: native
Matlab
Personal
Chinese citizen, German permanent residency
Married, two children (2014, 2016)