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

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Incentives for Information Revelation in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect (with Horst Raff and Frank Stähler), Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.

2. Does Vertical Integration Increase Product Quality? (with Sanxi Li and Xinyu Li), Economic Theory Bulletin (2023),11,69–80.

3. 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.

4. Vertical Contracts in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect (with Horst Raff), Management Science (2021), 67 (6),  3744-3756.

5. International Trade with Sequential Production (with Udo Kreickemeier), Economic Theory, Volume 69, 2020, Pages 1101–1125.

6. Incentives through Inventory Control in Supply Chains (with Horst Raff and Nicolas Schmitt), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 59, 2018, Pages 486-513.

Books (Translations)

1. Antràs, Pol. Global Production: Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure. Chinese Edition: 《全球生产：企业、合同与贸易结构》. Translated by Rui Xie, Junyi Liang, Zhan Qu (屈展), and Lianying Hong. Shanghai: Gezhi Press (格致出版社), September 2024. ISBN: 9787543235502.

Working Papers

1. 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)

2. The Importer Inventory Premium and the Cost of Global Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from Danish Firms (with Sanne Kruse-Becher and Horst Raff)

3. Offshoring and Firm-level Innovation (with Udo Kreickemeier and Florian Unger)

4. 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 (with Udo Kreickemeier), 2018-2024

Economics of Multinational Enterprises, 2026

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 European Economic Review, International Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Regional Science, Production and Operations Management, Review of Development Economics, Review of International Economics, Review of World Economics.

Languages and Computer Skills

English: fluent; German: intermediate (B2); Chinese: native

Matlab

Personal

Chinese citizen, German permanent residency

Married, two children (2014, 2016)