Welcome
How is the wealth of nations created? And how can this prosperity be secured in the long term in times of multiple crises that do not stop at national borders?
These are the questions addressed by the team of the Chair of Economic Policy. Innovations and the wise use and the further development of technologies play an important role in this context. However, it is also important how the interactions between the state, the economy and society are organized. This institutional setting can and must also be shaped and evaluated on a regular basis. Innovations and the rules we give ourselves must be consistently developed together to address the global challenges and secure prosperity in the long term.
We work quantitatively within the framework of theoretical models (dynamic macro theory, game theory). In addition, we apply modern methods of data analysis (natural language processing, time series analysis, synthetic control).
Publications
Narek Mirzoyan, Ingrid Ott and José Ricardo Castro are using synthetic control method to analyze the effectiveness of the Diesel Ban policy in reducing NO2 emissions in four German cities – Stuttgart, Berlin, Hamburg and Darmstadt. A list of all publications from the chair can be found here.
Research
We collaborate with colleagues on the following projects: Real Lab Robotic AI and Clean Circles - Iron as an Energy Source for a Climate-Neutral Circular Economy.
Resul Zoroğlu, research assistant at the Chair of Economic Policy, completed a seven-month research stay at Boston College in the United States from September 2024 to March 2025 as part of his doctoral studies in economics. The focus was on academic exchange with the internationally recognised pioneers of market and mechanism design, Prof. Utku Ünver and Prof. Tayfun Sönmez, as well as work on his own research project closely related to their work.
In February 2025 our research associate Narek Mirzoyan participated in the third Financial Geography Winter School (24-25 February 2025) and Conference (26-28 February 2025) at the National University of Singapore. Narek's participation in the events was made possible by a travel grant from the Singapore Journal of Tropic Geography and financial support from the graduate school CuKnow.
More details in the dedicated article
Narek Mirzoyan, research assistant at the Chair of Economic Policy, took part in the ‘Regional Revitalisation and Well-being’ conference in Tokyo on 7 and 8 December 2024. He presented his research paper on the effectiveness of diesel driving bans in Germany and received valuable feedback from the other participants. Narek: ‘The conference was a great opportunity to connect with fellow researchers from around the world, exchange ideas and foster collaboration within the economic policy research community’.
The conference participation was possible thanks to the support of the KIT Graduate School CuKnow.
Dienstag, 20. Mai 16 bis 17 Uhr, MobiLab am Kronenplatz: Kaiserstraße 93
Die KIT-Graduiertenschule Cultures of Knowledge (CuKnow) am KIT-Zentrum Mensch und
Technik bietet einen Ort für interdisziplinären Austausch, Lernen und Forschen. Am MobiLab stellte Prof. Dr. Ingrid Ott, Sprecherin von CuKnow, die Graduiertenschule vor. Bingzhu Qi berichteten von Erfahrungen als Promovierender der Graduiertenschule. Alle
Besucherinnen und Besucher waren herzlich eingeladen, sich an den Diskussionen über
„Wissenskulturen“ zu beteiligen.
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On 08.08.2024, the chair team visited the Waldseilpark Karlsruhe in Durlach together and had an interesting and varied afternoon in nature.