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
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
Uncertainty and the Choice of Transport Mode: How German Exporters Adjusted to Uncertainty Caused by the Brexit Referendum (with Victor Gimenez Perales, Holger Görg, and Horst Raff).
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.
[Title removed to protect review process] (with Frank Stähler and Horst Raff), Minor Revision at Production and Operations Management.
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)
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)