Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing
Braeuer, R., Mertens, M., Slavtchev, V. (2023). Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing. The World Economy, 00, 00–21.
CV
Work experience
Since February 2020
Scientific Staff in the Research Project „Long-term effects of privatisation in eastern Germany“ (link)
August 2016 to August 2019
Scientific Staff at CompNet; Transfer and implementation of competition indicators, Development of CompNet trainings and workshops
Education
August 2017 – May 2021
Doctoral Researcher at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Dissertation “Firm Level Drivers of Productivity Growth”, defended on May 10th 2021, doctoral advisor Eric J. Bartelsman
October 2008 to July 2014
Student of Modern History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (Magister degree)
October 2010 to October 2012
Graduate student of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
October 2007 to October 2010
Undergraduate Student of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Publications
Trade shocks, labour markets and migration in the First Globalisation
Richard Bräuer, Felix Kersting, Trade shocks, labour markets and migration in the First Globalisation, The Economic Journal, 2024