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Tea-time Seminar | ||
Talks and discussions take regularly place on Wednesdays, 2-5pm. To participate in our internal seminar actively or passively, send an Email to
We cordially invite speakers and discussions in the fields of macroeconomics, public economics and economic theory | ||
Examination Schedule for WS22/23 | ||
The Examination Schedule for this semester is published here. Registration start on the 19th of December and end on the 19th of January. | ||
Research visit by Elmar Hillebrand | ||
| This week, we are excited to welcome Dr. Elmar Hillebrand from the EEFA Research Institute and Ruhr-University of Bochum as a research visitor at our chair. Elmar's work covers empiricial and applied theoretical research on resource and energy economics with a particular focus on climate change which is a joint research project with M.Hillebrand. Some of this research has already been published in the Journal of Economic Theory and several follow-up working papers have been completed. On Wednesday, Elmar will give a talk on "Dry times ahead? A General Equilibrium Model with Multiple Natural Resources and a Global Water Cycle" in our tea-time macro seminar. Welcome to Freiburg U, Elmar- we are glad to have you! | ||
Teaching Award for Advanced Macro II | ||
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Hillebrand has been honored with a teaching award from the student-body of the econ department (the Fachschaft WiWi) for his lecture Advanced Macroeconomics II from the summer term 2022. The award ceremony was held on the 2nd of February 2023 and attended by many faculty members and students. In his acceptance speech, Professor Hillebrand thanked the award committee for this honor and acknowledged the hard work and dedication of the Fachschaft WiWi and all students at Freiburg U.
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Vortrag im Rahmen von "19 Minuten bei 19 Grad" | ||
| Am Montag, den 16.Januar hat Prof. Hillebrand im Rahmen der universitätsöffentlichen Vortragsreihe "19 Minuten bei 19 Grad" einen Vortrag zum Thema "Wirtschaftliche Folgen der Energiekrise" gehalten. Herzlichen Dank an alle Teilnehmer für die lebhafte Diskussion! Eine Aufzeichnung des Vortrags finden Sie hier. | ||
Vorstellung des Lehrstuhls in der Vereinszeitschrift der Freiburger Wirtschaftswissenschaftler | ||
| Im Dezember 2022 hat Professor Hillebrand in einem Beitrag für die jährlich erscheinende Vereinszeitschrift der Freiburger Wirtschaftswissenschaftler den Makro-Lehrstuhl und seine Schwerpunkte in Forschung und Lehre vorgestellt. Der Beitrag kann als pdf-Dokument hier heruntergeladen werden. | ||
Participation in the 3rd HeiTueHo Workshop | ||
| On December 16 and 17, Prof. Hillebrand participated in the 3rd HeiTueHo Workshop on International Financial Markets jointly organized by the Universities of Heidelberg, Tuebingen, and Hohenheim. He would like to thank the organizers for hosting a wonderful event with many inspiring research talks and great discussions! | ||
Research Talk by Ken Suzuki | ||
| We are excited to welcome Ken Suzuki into this weeks Tea-time Macro Seminar. Mr. Suzuki will present his paper: "Gains of Foreign Employment in Japan: Regional and Sectoral Implications" which can be downloaded here. The talk takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 2:00 pm in room R 02 012 and will be aired via Zoom. Code:7G4UdA3ea | ||
Research visit by Gregor Boehl | ||
| This week, we are excited to welcome Dr. Gregor Boehl from the University of Bonn as a research visitor at our chair. Gregor is a very accomplished junior scholar who has already published in high-ranked journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the European Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. His research interests are extremely broad comprising a variety of topics from monetary economics, the numerical simulation and econometric estimation of DSGE models, and issues of distribution and inequality. On Thursday, Gregor will give his recent paper "The Micro and Macro of (Unconventional) Monetary Policy: The Role of the Banking Sector" in the Research Seminar at the Institute of Economics. Welcome to Freiburg U, Gregor- we are thrilled to have you here! | ||
Research talk at Shandong University | ||
| On Friday, October 14 Professor Hillebrand gave an (online) research talk at Shandong University in China where he presented his paper "Win as a Team or Fail as Individuals - Cooperation and Non-Cooperation in the Climate Tax Game". He would like to thank the organizers for their kind invitation and all participants for their great comments and a vivid and wonderful discussion! | ||
New working paper on optimal climate policy under (non-) cooperation | ||
| The new working paper "Win as a Team or Fail as Individuals - Cooperation and Non-Cooperation in the Climate Tax Game" by E. Hillebrand & M. Hillebrand is now available online. Building on their earlier work, the authors derive closed form solutions of optimal climate policies in a multi-region framework under different scenarios of cooperation and non-cooperation between countries. A major innovation relative to the literature is that the paper allows for trade between regions on international markets for capital and exhaustible resources. The present draft can be downloaded here. Any and all comments and suggestions are very welcome! | ||
Online research talk by Prof. Penghui Yin (Shandong University) | ||
| This week we are delighted to welcome Professor Penghui Yin from Shandong University in our Tea-time Macro Seminar. Penghui will give his paper "Attention Allocation and Heterogeneous Consumption Responses" which is joint work with Yulei Luo and Jun Nie. The talk takes place online via ZOOM on Thursday, October 6 at 2 pm but we will also meet in person in room R 02 012 (Rempartstr. 16, 2nd floor) to jointly discuss with him. We are very much looking forward to the talk and a vivid discussion! | ||
Marius Jäger joins the Bundesbank on a part-time basis | ||
| We are incredibly excited to report that our research assistant Marius Jäger is starting a part-time position as a researcher in 'Theoretical Macroeconomics' with the Deutsche Bundesbank. Commencing on October 1, Marius' will spend part of his working time in Frankfurt to help maintain and expand the Bundesbank's DSGE-models and analyze pressing political issues in monetary economics and beyond. The part-time arrangement will allow Marius to continue his previous research and teaching at the chair and to broaden and deepen his knowledge in a vibrant and most stimulating new environment. Congratulations, Marius- way to go! | ||
'Germany's Next Climate Model' funded by Fachschaft-WiWi! | ||
We are absolutely thrilled that the representatives of the student-body (the Fachschaft WiWi) have decided to provide funding for our master's course 'Germany's Next Climate Model - Dissecting Macroeconomic Models of Climate Change' to be launched in the coming winter semester. Among other things, their generous support will allow us to finance a teaching assistant for the course and to hold a mini-conference at the end of the semester where our students will present their simulation results on optimal climate policies. Thank you very much, Fachschaft WiWi - we don't have words to tell you how excited we are! | ||
New master's course 'Germany's Next Climate Model' | ||
| We are incredibly excited to launch a new master's course 'Germany's Next Climate Model - Dissecting Macroeconomic Models of Climate Change' in the coming winter semester 2022/23. The course provides a guided introduction to the numerical simulation of macroeconomic models of climate change with Python permitting students to explore and quantify the economic and environmental effects of alternative climate policies. The syllabus can be found here. | ||
Research Talk by Prof. Dr. Tetsushi Harada (Kwansei Gakuin University) | ||
| The research talk has the topic "Auseinandersetzungen um Schmoller hinter der Selbstauflösung des Vereins für Socialpolitik im Jahre 1936". Professor Harada is a highly accomplished scholar in the history of economic thought and has a particularly deep knowledge of the German speaking traditions of economics. The talk takes place at 11:00 am on the 9th of September in room R 02 012 (Rempartstr. 16, 2nd floor). The Talk can also be joined via Zoom. | ||
Online research talk by Prof. Tomoo Kikuchi (Waseda University) | ||
This week, Prof. Tomoo Kikuchi from Waseda University will give an online talk on "An Economic Model of Competing Superpowers and World Order" in our tea-time macro seminar. Professor Kikuchi is a highly accomplished scholar in the field of theoretical macroeconomics and has published in leading theory journals such as the Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. The talk takes place online via ZOOM on Wednesday, July 27 at 2 pm but we will also meet in person in room R 02 012 (Rempartstr. 16, 2nd floor) to jointly discuss with him. | ||
Absolventenfeier der WiWi-Fakultät | ||
| Am Freitag, den 15. Juli 2022 fand die Absolventenfeier der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät statt. Im Rahmen der feierlichen Zeugnisverleihung im Paulussaal hat Prof. Hillebrand die Festrede zum Thema "Ein Weg zu einer optimalen globalen Klimapolitik" gehalten. Wir gratulieren allen Absolventinnen und Absolventen herzlich zu ihrem Abschluss und wünschen Ihnen alles Gute auf Ihrem weiteren Weg! Ein herzlicher Dank auch an alle an der Organisation Beteiligten für eine wunderschöne Feier! | ||
Chair Research Day- June 2022 | ||
On June 20 and 21, our first "Chair Research Day" took place at the Studienhaus Wiesneck. On this occasion, the core members of the team joined by external researchers presented their latest research ideas and discussed the chair's future research strategy. The conference program can be found here. The entire team would like to thank the Studienhaus for hosting a wonderful event that all of us enjoyed very much! | ||
Participation in the International Conference on Public Economic Theory(PET 2022) | ||
From June 8-10, Prof. Hillebrand participated in the International Conference on Public Economic Theory(PET 2022) in Marseille, France and gave his paper "Win as a Team or Fail as Individuals - Coorperation and Non-Cooperation in the Climate Tax Game". He would like to thank the organizers for hosting a great event with many outstanding presentations and most fruitful discussions that all participants enjoyed very much. | ||
Research talk by Prof. Harald Hagemann | ||
This week, Prof. Harald Hagemann from the University of Hohenheim will give a talk on "The new secular stagnation hypothesis: Summers after Hansen" in our tea-time macro seminar. Professor Hagemann is a leading expert in the history of economic thought and has made countless influential contributions to this and related fields.The talk takes place on Thursday, May 12 at 2 pm in room R 02 012(Rempartstr. 16, 2nd floor). | ||
Paper accepted at PET 2022 conference | ||
We are pleased that our paper " Win as a Team or Fail as Individuals-Cooperation and Non-Cooperation in the Climate Tax Game" by Hillebrand, E. & M. Hillebrand has been accepted for presentation at the 2022 International Conference on Public Economic Theory to be held in Marseille, France from June 8-10. | ||
Themenabend Inflation bei den Jungen Liberalen Freiburg | ||
Am Donnerstag, den 28. April war Prof. Hillebrand gemeinsam mit seinen Assistenten zu einem "Themenabend Inflation" bei den Jungen Liberalen Freiburg eingeladen und hat in diesem Rahmen einen Vortrag zum Thema "Die Rückkehr der Inflation" gehalten. Wir bedanken uns herzlich bei unseren Gastgebern für die freundliche Einladung und die spannende und lebhafte Diskussion- es hat uns allen großen Spaß gemacht! | ||
Preis für die beste Pflichtveranstalung Bachelor SoSe21 | ||
Wir freuen uns riesig, dass die Vorlesung "Makroökonomik II" von der Fachschaft als beste Bachelor-Pflichtveranstaltung des Sommersemesters 2021 ausgezeichnet wurde! Wir danken den Mitgliedern der Fachschaft herzlich für diese Auszeichnung und natürlich allen Teilnehmenden der Veranstaltung für diese tolle Bestätigung unserer Arbeit!
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