The Macrohistory Lab at Bonn University is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (payscale E13 TV-L, 100%) in economic history, empirical macroeconomics and related fields. Salary is dependent on experience and is in the range of EUR 43,000 to EUR 52,000 (gross) per annum according to dispositions for postdoctoral fellows....
The Department of Economics at the University of Bonn (Germany) is seeking to fill a position in Economic History with a focus on macroeconomics and financial history at the Assistant Professor (W1) level beginning fall 2018. The position is initially offered for a three year period and can be renewed for...
The workshop – which follows a first such event held in June 2016 at the Macrohistory Lab at the University of Bonn (Prof. Moritz Schularick) – aims to bring together economic historians and macroeconomists. Half of the sessions will be devoted to general topics at the intersection of macroeconomics and...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 19, 2017, by Gerald Braunberger. “Es ist eine spektakuläre Datenanalyse über die Renditen der wichtigsten Kapitalanlagen seit dem 19. Jahrhundert: Ein Bonner Ökonom rüttelt die Finanzszene auf, indem er zeigt, dass vermeintlich sichere Anlagen durchaus nicht sicher sind.” “Die Ergebnisse sind spektakulär und verdeutlichen ein weiteres...
Financial Times, August 15, 2017, by Matthew C Klein. “Residential real estate, not equity, has been the best long-run investment over the course of modern history.” “Using a new set of data they constructed by hand from news articles, advertisements, statistical abstracts, and more, they estimated the investment performance of...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Juni 6, 2017, by Dennis Kremer. “Vor zehn Jahren begann die größte Immobilienkrise der Geschichte. Zuerst erschütterte sie Amerika, dann die ganze Welt. Wieso hat das niemand kommen sehen?” Es gehört zu den Merkwürdigkeiten der schwersten Finanzkrise der Menschheitsgeschichte, dass sich ihr Anfang nicht exakt bestimmen lässt....
” ‘There is surprising little evidence that populists are bad for markets,’ Schularick told the event organized by the European Association for Banking and Financial History, and Allianz Global Investors. ‘The contrary seems often to be the case.’ ” “Schularick defines populists as charismatic, confrontational politicians who claim to speak...
