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JKU Department of Economics
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The official Bluesky account of the Department of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz

https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/
🎓 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 für JKU Dissertation⁣

Herzliche Gratulation an @florastiftinger.bsky.social! Ihre Dissertation “𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺“ wurde mit dem Award of Excellence ausgezeichnet, einem Staatspreis für herausragende Dissertationen in Österreich.
December 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📆 Join us on December 17 at our economics research seminar with Marco Fongoni (@marcofongo.bsky.social), who will present "Costly Wage Cuts, Relative Wage Comparisons, and Unemployment Hysteresis."

Details and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📆 Join us on December 3 at our economics research seminar with Martin Salm (Tilburg University, @tilburg-university.bsky.social), who will present "Does market power increase income inequality? The effect of hospital mergers on physicians' income."

Details and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📆 Join us on November 26 at our economics research seminar with Heather Sarsons, who will present "Measuring Gender Attitudes."
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📆 Join us on November 19 at our economics research seminar with Johannes Buggle (@jcbuggle.bsky.social), who will present "Henry Ford and Antisemitism."
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We’re excited to host Simon Jäger (Princeton University, @simonjaeger.bsky.social) for the 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗪. 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:
“Varieties of Collective Bargaining: An International Perspective.”
December 10, 2025, at @jku.at

Details & registration:
www.jku.at/kurt-rothsch...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🚨JOB OPENING🚨

JKU Linz is hiring an Assistant Professor in Microeconomics (non-tenure track, 6 years).

The target date for applications is Nov 15, the hard deadline Nov 20.
Please share within your network!

Job ad and application (requires EJM login): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📆 Join us on November 12 at our economics research seminar with Julian Hinz (@julianhi.nz), who will present "To russia with Love? The Impact of Sanctions on Regime Support."

More info and abstract:
julianhinz.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Beautiful Autumn colors at our JKU campus 🍂🦆
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📆 Join us on November 5 at our economics research seminar with Paolo Zacchia (CERGE-EI, @cerge-ei.bsky.social), who will present "The Heterogeneous Consequences of Reduced Labor Costs on Firm Productivity."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📆 Join us on October 29 at our economics research seminar with Oliver Schlenker (@schlenkeroli.bsky.social), who will present "The Deadly Consequences of Labor Scarcity: Evidence from Hospitals."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
October 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📆 Join us on October 22 at our economics research seminar with Christine Zulehner (Uni Vienna, @uvienna-econ.bsky.social) who will present "Empirical assessment of merger remedies in the European Union."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
📆 Join us on October 15 at our economics research seminar with Julian Vedeler Johnson (@julianjohnsen.bsky.social) who will present "Contagious classrooms: Peer effects of mental health."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📢 Last but not least: Carola Stapper (@cstapper.bsky.social) joined us as Assistant Professor this semester! 🎉

Carola uses history as a laboratory to study questions of labor economics and political economy using microeconometric methods.

Carola's website: sites.google.com/view/carolas...
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📆 Join us on October 8 at our economics research seminar with Nadja Dwenger (Uni Hohenheim, @econhohenheim.bsky.social), who will present "Building Capacity in the Public Administration: Evidence from German Reunification."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...
October 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
More great news! Simon Finster joined us as Assistant Professor of Economics this semester 🎉

His research focuses on Economic Theory and applications to:
- Auctions
- Market Design
- Energy Economics
- IO

Simons's website: www.simonfinster.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We are pleased to announce the addition of @jsndr.bsky.social to our faculty! 🎉

Johannes is the new Professor of Microeconomics at @jku.at. His research focuses on Economic Theory and applications to:
- Innovation
- Technological Change
- Law

Johannes's website: jsndr.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢 We are excited to share a new JKU Linz Working Paper:
"Technology Choice and Price Signaling in Markets for Label Credence Goods" by
Martin Obradovits and Markus Walzl

Link: ideas.repec.org/p/jku/econwp...

#EconSky
August 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📢 We are excited to share a new JKU Linz Working Paper:
"Positive Feedback Shapes Gender Gaps in Adolescent Risk-Taking - Causal Evidence from Real-Risk Competitions" by
Mario Lackner and Hendrik Sonnabend.

Link: ideas.repec.org/p/jku/econwp...

#EconSky
August 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📢 We are excited to share a new JKU Linz Working Paper:
"The Color of Knowledge: Impacts of Tutor Race on Learning and Performance" by @vojtabartos.bsky.social, @uglogowsky.bsky.social, and Johannes Rincke

Link: ideas.repec.org/p/jku/econwp...

#EconSky
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📆 Join us on June 25 at our economics research seminar with David Chan (UC Berkeley Haas, @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social), who will present "Are Guidelines Worth Following? Treatment Decisions Under Scientific Uncertainty."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...

#EconSky
June 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📆 Join us on June 24 (Tuesday) at our economics research seminar with Giovanni Peri, who will present "The Contribution of Foreign Master's Students to US Start-Ups."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...

#EconSky
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢VACANCY

@b-kasberger.bsky.social is hiring a Pre-Doc on his DFG project “Strategic Uncertainty in Market Design.”

Candidates are expected to conduct their own research in (applied) micro theory, with an interest in writing a PhD thesis.

Deadline: July 9

Details:
karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...
June 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📆 Join us on June 18 at our economics research seminar with Shahroo Malik (WU Vienna, @wuvienna.bsky.social), who will present "Export Quality and Trade: A Theoretical and an Empirical Analysis."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...

#EconSky
June 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📆 Join us on June 11 at our economics research seminar with Anne Sophie Lassen (@ansolassen.bsky.social), who will present "Earmarking Parental Leave to Fathers: Effects on Beliefs, Norms, and Childcare."

More info and abstract:
www.jku.at/en/departmen...

#EconSky
June 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM