Applied Economics: Innovation and Internationalisation

The chair’s main research focus is on applied international trade and multinational firms. We study the patterns and consequences of international linkages between countries and firms in the context of a global economy.

We collaborate internationally by disseminating our findings in presentations at scientific events, publishing in high-quality peer-reviewed journals, and providing consultancy and advice to public institutions based on policy-relevant research.

Research

• Applied and theoretical econometrics:
  We use microeconometric and panel methods and econometric models with spatial interdependence in our applied work and develop methods that exhibit desirable properties for econometric analysis.
• International economics:
  We are interested in the determinants and consequences of trade and multinational activity with a view to developing structural models of trade flows to estimate the consequences of shocks in trade frictions on trade, GDP, and welfare.
• Industrial organisation and multinational firms
  Combining theory and application, we examine the determinants and consequences of trade and multinational activity at the micro-level.
• Public finance and regional economics
  Along with gathering extensive data on tax systems, we develop and estimate models of international tax competition at both the corporate and individual level. We are also interested in the evaluation of regional support programmes.

Publications