Research Training Group

Heterogeneity, Risk, and Dynamics in Economic Systems

The research program aims at the development and empirical testing of economic models which explicitly take into account the heterogeneity of economic agents and which can represent economic institutions which are the result of such heterogeneity or which are created in order to address its economic consequences. These models will be useful to study the consequences of heterogeneity for the dynamic behavior of economic systems and their risk-absorbing capacity. The research program combines methodological projects addressing the econometric, statistical and micro economic foundations with more applied projects in macroeconomics, labor economics, and finance.

involved faculty:  Profs. Bayer, Breitung, Falk, Hellwig, Kneip, Moldovanu, Sandmann, Tatur

DFG funding period: April 2011 - September 2015

Doctoral students of the research training group will be chosen amongst the student body of the BGSE.

Currently, the following BGSE students are members of and get funding by the Research Training Group:

a) introductory stage:

• Chen, Bo (since October 2011)
• Mecikovsky, Ariel (since April 2012)
  
• Scheer, Alexander (since October 2011)
• Vosen, Agnes (since April 2012)
• Wolf, Martin (since April 2012)
  

b) dissertation stage:

• Acht, Martin (since July 2011)
• Cheng, Chunli (since Arpil 2012)
  
• Deckers, Thomas (since April 2011)

• Drexl, Moritz (since April 2011)
• Enke, Benjamin (since April 2011)
• Gamp, Tobias (since April 2012)
  
• Grodecka, Anna (since October 2011)
• Hilpert, Christian (since April 2011)
• Kleiner, Andreas (since April 2011)
• Lütticke, Ralph (since April 2011)
• Pham, Lien (since April 2011)
• Poß, Dominik (since April 2011)
• Roesler, Anne-Katrin (since April 2011)
  
• Schwerter, Frederik (since April 2011)
• Uzelac, Filip (since April 2011)
  

Furthermore, the following BGSE students are "Kollegiaten" of the Research Training Group:

• Mirza, Harun (since April 2012)
  

former members / members on leave:

• Luck, Stephan (April 2011 until August 2011, studies abroad at NYU from September 2011 until May 2012, afterwards, he will continue his studies at the BGSE)
• Kaya, Ismail Behlul (April 2011 until September 2011, left for a job at the Turkish Treasury)