Research

Research interests

Economics of Conflict • Inequality & Institutions • (International) Law & Economics • Political Economy • Applied Game Theory

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Journal articles with peer review

Transnational Diffusion of Identity Politics. Journal of Comparative Economics 53(4): 1069-1091, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.005.

Extractive Politics, Redistribution, and War: On the Rationality of Kleptocratic Mismanagement. Defence and Peace Economics 36(5): 683-705, 2025. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2024.2385389.

Organized Crime as Link between Inequality and Corruption. European Journal of Law and Economics 55(3): 469-509, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s10657-023-09764-x .

The Political Economy of Solon’s Law against Neutrality in Civil Wars (with George Tridimas). Public Choice 192(3-4): 249-272, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s11127-022-00980-8.

Die Nationale Industriestrategie 2030: Eine kritische Diskussion (with Jan Schnellenbach), Ordo – Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 70: 340-371, 2019. DOI: 10.1515/ordo-2020-0019.

Military Spending and Inequality in Autocracies: A Simple Model. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 24(4), 2018. DOI: 10.1515/peps-2018-0025.

Holding out for a Better Deal: Brinkmanship in the Greek Bailout Negotiations (with Athanassios Pitsoulis). European Journal of Political Economy 48: 50-53, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.08.011.

Coercion, Credibility, and mid-air Interceptions of Military Planes (with Athanassios Pitsoulis). Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 20(4): 697-707, 2014. DOI: 10.1515/peps-2014-0040.

Current (unpublished) Conference and Working Papers (Selection)

Regulation of Non-CO2 Effects in Aviation: Addressing Regulatory Gaps between Civil and State Aircraft in International Airspace (with F. Schmermer, M. Hock, A. Demuth, H. Lehmann).

Though this be Madness: A Game-Theoretic Perspective on the Brexit Negotiations (with Athanassios Pitsoulis).
Working paper available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3000515, DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3000515 or at EconStor: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/181635.

With a Little Help from my Foes: A Model of Security Spillovers in Wars of Conquest.

Fighter Jet Diplomacy: Political Applications of Airspace Intrusions and Interceptions of Military Aircraft (with Athanassios Pitsoulis).

Policy Papers, Studies & other Publications w/o Peer Review

Fit for Zero: Climate-neutral European Aviation in 2050. PtX Lab Briefing 9/2024. https://ptxlablausitz.de (Lead Author with F. Schmermer, J. Nagamichi, A. Demuth, H. Lehmann, S. Voswinckel)

Herausforderungen und Chancen von “Book & Claim” für nachhaltiges Fliegen. airlines.de. http://www.airliners.de. (Lead Author with F. Schmermer, A. Demuth, H. Lehmann, S. Voswinckel)

Book & Claim for Green Jet Fuel: Trading in Certificates for Climate-Neutral Aviation. PtX Lab Study 5/2024. https://ptxlablausitz.de. (Lead Author with B. Kirchgaessner, J. Nagamichi, M. Hock, A. Paumen, A. Demuth, H. Lehmann, S. Voswinckel)

Aviation. PtX Lab Analysis 3/2022. https://ptxlablausitz.de (with S. Voswinckel, J. Nagamichi, O. Ziegler)

Operation gelungen, Patient tot? Expansive Geldpolitik und die Finanzmarktkrise. economag, Nr. 3, 2009, http://www.economag.de. (mit Athanassios Pitsoulis).

Monographs

Völkerrecht als Restriktion für das Handeln von Regierungen: Diplomatie durch Zwang und internationales öffentliches Luftrecht (eng. International law as a restriction on state action: Coercive diplomacy and international public air law). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, 2015. SpringerLink

Interactive Teaching Material

Consumer Choice: Income, Tastes, and Prices. Wolfram Demonstrations Project (peer-reviewed teaching resources), http://demonstrations.wolfram.com. (mit Athanassios Pitsoulis).

Market Structure and Market Power in Oligopoly. Wolfram Demonstrations Project (peer-reviewed teaching resources), http://demonstrations.wolfram.com. (mit Athanassios Pitsoulis).