Department of Economics

The University of Bonn’s Department of Economics is one of the strongest research departments in the field of economics in Europe. Through research and teaching, we aim to contribute to addressing major societal challenges and to provide impulses for effective and evidence-based economic policy. Our focus is on the education of young economists from the bachelor’s to the doctoral level.

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Application period: from now until November 29, 2026.

Sarah Auster Elected to EEA Management Council

Professor Sarah Auster has been elected to the Management Council of the European Economic Association (EEA) for a five-year term starting in 2027.

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2026

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday in Stockholm that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences goes to the American economists Robert E. Hall (Stanford University) and Michael Woodford (Columbia University). The prize is awarded "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation".

Mengshan Xu joins the Department of Economics

Mengshan Xu joined the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn in October 2026 as a substitute professor of econometrics.

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Events

Friday Nov 07, 2025 until Nov 07, 2026

University of Bonn Days

Campus Poppelsdorf

10:00 AM

Get to know the University of Bonn and its subjects and discover your degree program! At the Bonn University Open Days, you can get your bearings on the ...

Friday Nov 06, 2026

ECONtact: Flick Gocke Schaumburg:

Juridicum

12:15 PM - 02:00 PM

How much is a company worth? And how do you determine the value of a property? In theory, there are models, methods, and formulas for this. But what happens ...

Tuesday Nov 10, 2026

Manchot Lecture 2026 - Featuring Melissa Dell

Universitätsclub Bonn, ...

04:30 PM

The Bonn Graduate School of Economics invites you to the 19th Manchot Lecture. Professor Melissa Dell (Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Harvard ...

Tuesday Nov 10, 2026

Inside Research

Juridicum

06:00 PM

We cordially invite you to Inside Research featuring JProf. Adam Hal Spencer and JProf. Maximilian Konradt, who will present one of their current research ...

Events

Overview of recent publications

“Morality and climate policy attitudes”

The article “Morality and climate policy attitudes” by Lasse S. Stötzer and Florian Zimmermann was published in the Journal of Public Economics.

“Eliciting moral preferences under image concerns: Theory and experiment”

The article “Eliciting moral preferences under image concerns: Theory and experiment” by Roland Bénabou, Armin Falk, Luca Henkel, and Jean Tirole was published in Games and Economic Behavior.

"The extreme points of mean-preserving contractions"

The article “The extreme points of mean-preserving contractions” by Andreas Kleiner, Benny Moldovanu, Philipp Strack, and Mark Whitmeyer was published in the Journal of Economic Theory.

“Different no more: Country spreads in advanced and emerging economies”

The article “Different no more: Country spreads in advanced and emerging economies” by Benjamin Born, Gernot J. Müller, Johannes Pfeifer and Susanne Wellmann was published in the Journal of International Economics.

Further recent publications

Studying

The Department of Economics offers the degree programs BSc "Economics", BA "Economics" (2-subject or accompanying subject) and MSc "Economics".

Study Programs

PhD

Are you aiming for a doctorate? The Bonn Graduate School of Economics offers an English-language Doctoral Program (PhD) with an integrated Master in Economic Research for students from all over the world.

PhD Program

Institutions

Excellence Cluster

The ECONtribute Excellence Cluster in Economic Sciences conducts research on markets in the area of intersection between business, politics and society.

ECONtribute

Collaborative Research Center

The SFB TR 224 deals with equal opportunities, market regulation and financial market stability as societal challenges.

CRC TR 224

Institutes

The department is organized in a departmental structure encompassing scientific and teaching areas and is divided into five institutes for teaching and research.

Institutes