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• To make an appointment, please contact Volker Nitsch. Volker Nitsch

Current Position

• Professor of Economics (2009-), Chair of International Economics, Department of Law and Economics, Darmstadt University of Technology

Previous Positions

• Head of Division (2007-2009), KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Junior Professor of Economics (2003-2009), Department of Economics, Free University Berlin (on leave, 2007-2009)
• Senior Economist (1995-2003), Bankgesellschaft Berlin

Education

• Dr. rer. pol. (equiv. Ph.D. in Economics, 2000), Humboldt University Berlin
• Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. Master in Economics, 1995), Free University Berlin

Research Affiliations and Memberships

• Advsior (2011-), Urbancontext Institute of Regional and Urban Research
• Deputy Dean (2010-), Graduate School of Economics, Finance and Management
• Research Professor (2009-), KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Research Fellow (2009-), CESifo Munich
• Member of the Research Committee on Regional Theory and Policy (2008-), German Economic Association
• Research Affiliate (2005-2008), CESifo Munich

Visiting Experience

• Bank of Canada, International Department
• Bank of Namibia, Research Department
• Deutsche Bundesbank, Forschungszentrum
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Institute for Monetary Research
• International Monetary Fund, European Department (scheduled)
• Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Economics Department
• Trinity College Dublin, Institute for International Integration Studies
• Universität München, Center for Economic Studies

Major Grants

• Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, Changing Preferences as Determinants of Location Decisions of Households, 2010-2011 (with Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Nicolai Wendland)
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), An Analysis of the Sustainability of the Spatial Urban Structure in Pre-World War II Berlin, 2010-2012 (with Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Nicolai Wendland)
• European Commission, The Euro and Prices: Changeover-Related Inflation and Price Convergence in the Euro Area, 2007-2008 (with Ulrich Fritsche, Michael Graff, Michael Lamla, Sarah Lein, and Jan-Egbert Sturm)
• Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, On the Persistence of Border Barriers: Evidence from Intra-German Trade, 2006-2007 (with Nikolaus Wolf)
• Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, An Empirical Analysis of the Optimum Size and the Structure of Monetary Policy Decision-Making Bodies, 2005-2007 (with Helge Berger)
• Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, Border Barriers in International Trade, 2004-2006

Conference Organization

• Economic Geography and International Trade, 2012, Duisburg (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Jens Südekum)
• Economic Geography and International Trade, 2011, München (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Jens Südekum)
• Measuring Economic Integration, 2011, München (with Nikolaus Wolf)
• Economic Geography and International Trade, 2010, Darmstadt (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Jens Südekum)

Refereeing

• American Economic Review, Australian Economic Papers, BE Journal of Macroeconomics, Business & Society, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Canadian Journal of Economics, CESifo Economic Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Defence and Peace Economics, ECB Working Paper Series, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Policy, Economics, Economic Systems, Économie Internationale, Empirical Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Explorations in Economic History, Finanzarchiv/ Public Finance Analysis, Geography Compass, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Economics and Economic Policy, International Regional Science Review, Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Integration, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Regional Science, Oxford Economic Papers, Public Choice, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of International Economics, Review of International Organizations, Review of World Economics/ Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Small Business Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Spatial Economic Analysis, The World Economy
• CEPR, Edward Elgar, Elsevier, Oxford University Press
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Science Foundation of the United States, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation
• Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik

Ph.D. Supervision

• Cathérine Müller, An Econometric Analysis of Concerns about Terrorism (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and DIW Berlin, 2010), Secondary Supervisor
• Sara Johansson, Knowledge, Product Differentiation and Trade (International Business School, Jönköping University, 2010), External Examiner
• Carsten Elmar Roeth, Internationalisierungsstrategien für Logistikdienstleister: Eine ressourcen- und marktbasierte Untersuchung am Beispiel des ungarischen Marktes (TU Darmstadt, 2010), Secondary Supervisor
• Robert Schönberger, Produktion folgt Logistik (TU Darmstadt, 2010), Secondary Supervisor
• Nicolai Wendland, Spatial Transformation in Historical Perspective: Evidence from the Late 19th and Early 20th Century Berlin (TU Darmstadt, 2010), First Supervisor
• Mark Vancauteren, Harmonization of Regulations and Trade in the Manufacturing Sector: Evidence for Europe (Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales, Université Catholique de Louvain, 2004), External Examiner

Research