WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Academic Faculty

Abeliansky Ana Lucia, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Macroeconomics
- Technological Change
- Demography Economic Growth
Altzinger Wilfried, Associate Professor
- Foreign Direct Investment and Trade European Integration and European Enlargement
- Migration
- Distribution of Income and Wealth
Arenas-Arroyo Esther, Assistant Professor (tenure track)
- labour, migration and crime
Badinger Harald, Professor
- Applied Econometrics
- International Macroeconomics
- Foreign Economics
- European Integration
Becker Joachim, Associate Professor
- Development Economics
- Regulation Theory
- State Theory
- Regional Integration and Disintegration
- Turkey, Mercosur, Eastern and Southern Europe
Bednarik Peter, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Game theory and evolutionary game theory
- Experimental economics
- Social dilemmas and pro-soci
Bellak Christian, Associate Professor
- Economics of Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements
- Determinants and Effects of Foreign Direct Investment
- Policy Evaluation
- Meta-Analysis
Berger Ulrich, Professor
- Game Theory (non-cooperative, evolutionary, behavioral and experimental)
Bremberger Francisca, Senior Lecturer (tenured)
- Energy Markets
- Corporate Governance
- Regulatory Economics
Crespo Cuaresma Jesus, Professor
- Macroeconomics
- Applied Econometrics
Felbermayr Gabriel, Professor
- Theory and Politics of International Trade
- Climate and International Trade
- Labor Markets in Open Economies
- International Migration
- European Integration
Fellner-Röhling Gerlinde, Professor
- Microeconomics
- Digitalization
- Behavioral Economics
Grandner Thomas, Associate Professor
- Labor Economics and Industrial Organisation
- Imperfect Markets and Employment
- Trade Unions
- Collective Bargaining
Grisold Andrea, Associate Professor
- Political Economy and Media
- Gender Research and Economics
- Economic Policy
Gstach Dieter, Associate Professor
- Housing Markets
- Input-Output Analysis
- Efficiency Measurement
- Post Keynesian Economics
Gugler Klaus, Professor
- Regulatory Economics
- Mergers
- Competition Economics
Hajdu Gergely, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Decision Making
Hammerschmidt Anna, Senior Lecturer (tenured)
- Industrial Economics
- Knowledge Spillovers
- Oligopoly Theory
- Endogenous Growth Theory
Kartal Melis, Assistant Professor (tenure track)
- Political Economy
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
Kostal Thomas, Assistant Professor
- Public Sector Economics
- Fiscal Policy
- Public Finance
Kubin Ingrid, Professor
- International Economics
- Theory of Economic Dynamics
- Labor Economics
- Theory of Price, Value and Allocation
Louis-Sidois Charles, Assistant Professor (tenure track)
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
- Microeconomics
- Media Economics
Lu Tingmingke, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Industrial Organization
- Energy and Environmental Economics
Mader Katharina, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Feminist and Political Economy
- Gender Budgeting
- Care Economy
- Economics of the Public Sector
- Economic and Finance Policy
Marchenko Maria, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Microeconometrics
- Social Networks
- Economics of education
- Cultural economics
Oberhofer Harald, Professor
- Applied Econometrics
- Industrial Economics
- International Economic Relations
- Political Economy
Pichler Eva, Associate Professor
- Competition Policy
- Industrial Economics
- Euro Crisis
- Social Policy
Prettner Klaus, Professor
- Automation and Digitalization
- Macroeconomics
- Demographic Economics
- Health Economics
Rabitsch-Schilcher Katrin, Associate Professor
- International Macroeconomics
- (Monetary) Foreign Trade
- Quantitative Macroeconomics
- Business Cycles
- Monetary Theory and Policy
Rroshi Daniela, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Industrial Organization
- Applied Econometrics
Sausgruber Rupert, Professor
- Public Economics
- Behavioral Economics
Schäfer Guido, Associate Professor
- Monetary Economics
- Financial Regulation
- Law and Economics
- Economics of Digital Change
Schneebaum Alyssa, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Labor Economics
- Applied Microeconometrics
- Gender in the Economy
- Human Capital Gaps
- Income and Wealth Inequality
- Intergenerational Persistence
Seidler Valentin, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Field/Discipline
- Research Projects
- Vita including publications (FIDES)
Siuda Fabian, Assistant Professor (tenure track)
- Demographic Economics
- Labor Economics
- Long Run Growth
Szücs Florian, Associate Professor
- Empirical Industrial Organization
- Policy Evaluation
- Applied Microeconomics
- Law & Economics
Theine Hendrik, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Political economy and economic policy
- Economic Inequality
- Political economy of the media
- Climate change and degrowth
Tondl Gabriele, Associate Professor
- Foreign Trade and Direct Investment
- European Integration
- Regional Growth and Convergence
- Applied Econometrics
Tusha Dea, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Applied Econometrics
- Foreign Direct Investment
- International Economics
Waltl Sofie, Assistant Professor (postdoc)
- Economic Measurement
- Applied Econometrics
- Housing Economics
- Behavioral Economics
Weiss Christoph, Professor
- Industrial Organization
- Economic Policy
- Food and Agricultural Economics
Zagler Martin, Associate Professor
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth
- Public Economics
- International Taxation

PhD Students

Brunninger Lukas, Teaching and Research Associate
- Industrial Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Information Economics
Dimitrakopoulou Lydia, Teaching and Research Associate
- Empirical Industrial Organization (Firm Competition, Competition Policy & Market Regulation, Digitization and Online Markets)
- Applied Microeconomics
- Game Theory
Fernandez Oscar, Teaching and Research Associate
- Computational Macroeconomics
- Bayesian Macroeconometrics
- Business and Credit Cycles
- Monetary Policy
Gräser Melanie, Teaching and Research Associate
- Development Economics
- Applied Econometrics
Halbauer Stefan, Teaching and Research Associate
- Labor Economics
- Applied Microeconometrics
- Family Economics
Heckl Pia, Teaching and Research Associate
- International Economics
- Economics of Inequality
- Applied Econometrics
Kinnl Klara, Teaching and Research Associate
- Applied Econometrics
- Public Economics
- Economic Policy
Kukuvec Anja, Teaching and Research Associate
- Applied Econometrics
- International Macroeconomics
- Regional Growth
- Spatial Econometrics
Kuschnig Nikolas, Teaching and Research Associate
- Applied Econometrics
- Bayesian Econometrics
- Environmental Economics
- Ecological Economics
- Development Economics
Matzner Anna, Teaching and Research Associate
- Applied Econometrics
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Economics of Distribution
Poyntner Philipp, Teaching and Research Associate
- Applied Econometrics
- Monetary Economics
- Labour Economics
- International Economics
Rapp Severin, Teaching and Research Associate
- Political Economy
- Distribution of Income and Wealth
Scarazzato Francesco, Teaching and Research Associate
- Environmental Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Technology adoption
Schwarz Anna-Magdalena, Teaching and Research Associate
- Public Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Economics of Inequality
Steininger Lea, Teaching and Research Associate
- Monetary Economics
- macro-finance
- political economy
- applied econometrics
Vashold Lukas, Teaching and Research Associate
- Bayesian Macroeconometrics
- Development Economics
- Macroprudential Policy
- Spatial Economics
- Bayesian Statistics
Wang Zhenyi, Teaching and Research Associate
- Internationale Trade
- International Finance
- Macroeconomics
Wohak Ulrich, Teaching and Research Associate
- Industrial Organization
- Competition Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Microeconometrics
Wurm Elisabeth, Teaching and Research Associate
- Labor Economics
- Applied Microeconometrics
- Income and Wealth Inequality

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