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Wien, Österreich
Joined September 2017
On October 16, we held the 4th Vienna Applied Micro Economics Workshop, part of the Vienna Applied Microeconomics Network. This year the workshop took place at Central European University. A huge thank you to Anna Salomons for her keynote and to all the presenters and
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On October 16, we held the 4th Vienna Applied Micro Economics Workshop, part of the Vienna Applied Microeconomics Network. This year the workshop took place at Central European University. A huge thank you to Anna Salomons for her keynote and to all the presenters and
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participants for making it such an insightful and engaging day.
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WU Economics Dept. retweeted
🛒 Ist das teurere Markenprodukt wirklich besser?
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06.10.2026, we welcomed a new cohort of PhD students to @WU_econ. We are delighted to welcome Fabrizio Costa, Victor Gamarra Echenique, Charline Heil, Michaela Leber, Luca Morselli, Simon Rütten, Archit Singhal, Olga Talasiewicz, Ahmet Yilmaz, and Alexander Toplitsch
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Last week we hosted the 5th workshop for women in political economics. This event is part of a larger initiative (Women in PolEcon) and has the main objective of discussing research related to the broad field of political economy combined with mentoring session for women.
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WU Economics Dept. retweeted
Der Österreich-Aufschlag — hier schon besprochen (Thread, ganz unten👇), nun auch in kompakter Kolumnenform aus den heutigen OÖNachrichten.
„🇦🇹-Aufschlag“ — Diese Grafik zeigt diesen eindrucksvoll: Links 🇩🇪, rechts 🇦🇹. Genau an der Grenze springen die Lebensmittelpreise abrupt nach oben. Auf der 🇦🇹-Seite sind vergleichbare Produkte im Durchschnitt rund 13 % teurer. Warum? Ein Thread. 🧵
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