Join us for next week's PRSE presentation on November 11, 2025. @waldomarz.bsky.social (ifo Institute and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social) will present on "Distributional Effects of Vehicle Emission Standards Between Cities". The seminar will begin at 2:15 pm and take place in Haus 6, Room S18.

🎓 Join us for the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics! 📅 November 4, 2025 | 1:45 PM 📍 Haus 6, Room S18 Pia Schilling (U of Konstanz) presents: "A Journey to Unity – A Teacher-led Preschool Program to Foster Social Cohesion" (1/2)

🎓 Post-Doc in Empirical Economics @ University of Potsdam Chair of Empirical Economics (Prof. Caliendo) 3-year position starting April/Oct 2026 Focus: labor/education economics & policy evaluation Connected to Berlin School of Economics

It is our pleasure to invite you to our first regular Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics this semester on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 2:15 pm. Björn Brey (@nhhnor.bsky.social ) will present on "Private property rights and technological inertia: Evidence from the electrification of Switzerland".

Publication alert: In the new CEPA Discussion Paper, Joern Block, Miriam Gnad, Alexander Kritikos and Caroline Stiel investigate how declines in job satisfaction after a negative external shock are related to investment decisions of self-employed individuals. (1/3) ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...

Here are some impressions from the 9th PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics taking place at the University of Potsdam. The event brings together young researchers to present and discuss their work, fostering exchanges and new perspectives. (1/3)

New CEPA Discussion Paper: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... Torben Klarl, Alexander S. Kritikos, and Knarik Poghosyan study where equity crowdfunding campaigns happen in Germany and how their locations relate to those of traditional investors like banks and venture capitalists. (1/2)

New Research Paper by Lisa Bruttel, Holger Rau & @vasilisawerner.bsky.social: "Partial Cartels and Ringleaders: An Experimental Study": ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...

The 3rd Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems took place in Potsdam last week, organized by CEPA members @katrinhuber.bsky.social, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, and @emarkowsky.bsky.social.

📢 Uni Potsdam's Chair of Markets, Competition and Institutions invites applications for Academic Staff Member position to be filled asap (limited to 3 years). Your future team works in behavioral & experimental economics with a focus on communication and cooperation. 1/n tinyurl.com/3n8dumrt

In a new CEPA Discussion Paper, Marco Caliendo, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, @katrinhuber.bsky.social, Harald Pfeifer, @arneuhlendorff.bsky.social, and Sophie Wagner examine how gender shapes managers’ decisions regarding on-the-job training, offering new insights into the supply side of training. 1/3

How communication fosters collusion A novel meta-study by Max Andres (@hatrecht.bsky.social) and Lisa Bruttel utilizes seeded LDA to analyze communication and decision data from oligopoly experiments. ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...

Call for Papers: Workshop “Allocation & Distribution” Nov 14–15, 2025, Hamburg. Theoretical, empirical, and experimental contributions on health economics (inequality, incentives, risk, and more). Submit by August 31: www.hche.uni-hamburg.de/en/veranstal... Please share with anyone interested.

Still accepting applications for the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics! Great opportunity for PhD researchers to present their work and get feedback. Deadline approaching - don't miss out: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...

Join us for our final PRSE presentation this semester: Tuesday, June 24, at 2:15 pm in room S12, Haus 6 (room change!). Agata Galkiewicz (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) will present on "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School-Leaving Examination in Poland".

Join us for our final PRSE presentation this semester: Tuesday, June 24, at 2:15 pm in room S12, Haus 6 (room change!). Agata Galkiewicz (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) will present on "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School-Leaving Examination in Poland".

Still time to apply to our 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, incl. a lecture series by Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) + keynote lecture by Amanda Agan (Cornell )! We look forward to applications from PhD students & recent postdocs. 📅 Sep 24-25. ⏳ Deadline: June 30. Further details 👇

Upcoming PRSE presentation! Tuesday (May 27) at 2.15 pm, we welcome Steffen Künn (from @umsbe.bsky.social). He will present on "Indoor environment, student satisfaction, and performance: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in university classrooms". Join us in room 2.31, Haus 1!

We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...

We're pleased to invite you to our upcoming Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics, held this Tuesday (May 20) at 2:15 pm in Room 2.31. Yue Huang (IAAEU, Trier) will present on "Industrial Relations and Working from Home in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic". We look forward to seeing you there!

Upcoming PRSE presentation: We're excited to announce next week's seminar presentation, featuring Johannes Rincke from @fauwiso.bsky.social . He will present research on "Preferences in Social Network Formation." 📅 Tuesday, May 13 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1 We look forward to seeing you there!

A new discussion paper "Suspicion and Communication" (w/ Lisa Bruttel and Friedericke Fromme) is out now! Check it out: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... 1/N @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social

📢 Upcoming Talk: "Missing Men and Women's Fight for the Vote" by @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social from @wisocologne.bsky.social 📅 Tuesday, May 6 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1 Join us for this fascinating exploration of how gender demographics influenced women's suffrage movements in Germany.

In this week's edition of the PRSE, @unipotsdam.bsky.social 's own @aikoschmeisser.com will present his work on "The Value of Coworkers: Peer Preferences in a Job Choice Experiment". Come join us on Tuesday, April 29, 2.15pm in Room 2.31, Haus 1!

📢Join us for our next PRSE presentation! Dinand Webbing from the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam will present on "Evidence from monitoring and inspections of schools." Tuesday, April 22, 2.15pm, Room 2.31, Haus 1 Don't miss out on learning about how school inspections affect test scores!

📣 Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics Our first talk of the semester features @gregorsinger.com presenting: "Complementary Inputs and Industrial Development: Can Lower Electricity Prices Improve Energy Efficiency?" 📅 April 15 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee Join us!

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Exciting news indeed! 🥳🎉 We are very much looking forward to Tim joining us in Potsdam soon. @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social

📢 Uni Potsdam's Chair of Markets, Competition and Institutions invites applications for Academic Staff Member position to be filled as soon as possible (limited to 3 years). Your future team explores opportunities of ML and text mining in behavioral econ.

🎬 Season finale of our Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics series! Adriana Di Liberto of the University of Cagliari wraps up this term with "Managerial Practices and Student Performance: Evidence from Changes in School Principals". Today at 2.15 pm in room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee.

@tobiasbergmann.bsky.social and @nikolajmoretti.bsky.social study deficit rules in a two-period principal-agent model where a present-biased government chooses public investment. 1/4

In the latest CEPA Discussion Paper, @abergeaud.bsky.social, Max Deter, Maria Greve, and Michael Wyrwich aim to explore the causal relationship between inventor migration and regional innovation, using the historical context of East-to-West German migration before the building of the Wall. 1/3

Join us today for the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics! Karen Evelyn Hauge presents "Offering scholarships to adult skilled workers: Evidence from a field experiment". Today at 2.15 pm in room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee.

Join us today for the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics, where Efthymia Kyriakopolou from the Athens University of Economics and Business will explore "High-rise Housing and Urban Sustainability." Don't miss the final session before the holidays at 2:15 PM in room 2.31. #UrbanSustainability

Thank you so much for having me! It was great to have such a large and active audience. With all this helpful feedback, I am now motivated to continue working on this (relatively old) project 💪 I enjoyed meeting so many of you to discuss research ranging from behavioral to labor and education.

We are pleased to welcome @lisaspantig.com of @rwth.bsky.social to today's Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics. She will present work on "The effects of information sharing on moral hazard in credit markets: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in the Philippines". Join us at 2.15 pm in room 2.31

Today, we welcome Arianna Ornaghi of the Hertie School to the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics. Arianna will present work on "The Returns to Viral Media: The Case of US Campaign Contributions". Join us at 2.15pm in room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee.

New CEPA Discussion paper on child penalties in labor market skills from @kinnelavinia.bsky.social, @jonasjessen.bsky.social, and @michelebattisti.bsky.social:

Great CEPA Policy Lecture by Ludger @woessmann.bsky.social yesterday on "Bildung und Wohlstand: Das Wissenskapital der Nationen und wie wir es mehren". Thanks for visiting!

Is a climate policy without income losses for all income classes, homeowners, and generations possible? @mkalkuhl.bsky.social, M Kellner, N Kögel, and L Stern develop a mechanism of climate policy in the building sector that guarantees a weak Pareto improvement.

🚨 New publication alert 🚨 My first paper recently got published in Environmental and Resource Economics! 🥳 Together with @alekszaklan.bsky.social and @phaan.bsky.social, we investigate the effects of public subsidies for electric mobility in the German context. Here is what we find! ⬇️ #EconSky

In the latest CEPA Discussion Paper, Marco Caliendo, Nico Pestel, and Rebecca Olthaus examine the long-term effects of the 2015 German minimum wage and its subsequent increases on regional employment.

Join us for the next CEPA Policy Lecture with Ludger Wößmann on 27 November at 5 pm at Campus Griebnitzsee. Ludger will provide interesting insights into the topic "Bildung und Wohlstand: Das Wissenskapital der Nationen und wie wir es mehren" (in German). Register here: https://buff.ly/4eE5Ksz

Today, we welcome Astrid Kunze of the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) to the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics. She will present work on "Parental Leave from the Firm’s Perspective". Join us at 2.15 pm!

Today Almuth Scholl of University of Konstanz will present on "The Political Economy of Domestic and External Debt" in our Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics. Join us at 2.15pm in room 2.31 in Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee!

We are excited to have @woessmann.bsky.social in Potsdam in 2 weeks! If you are in Potsdam and Berlin area on Nov 27, register for the lecture "Bildung und Wohlstand" (in German) @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social @kinnelavinia.bsky.social @katrinhuber.bsky.social

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