The Bonn Graduate School of Economics invites qualified students to apply for admission of the combined MSc/PhD program. Interested students with a bachelor's or master's degree in economics or related disciplines are welcome to hand in their documents until March 15, 2024. There is an early admission round for complete applications handed in before January 15.

In the third quarter of 2023, residential property prices in Germany have fallen, in some cases significantly. Compared to the second quarter of 2023, all housing segments have become cheaper, although there are strong regional differences and outliers. Among the major cities, prices are most stable in Cologne and Berlin. The number of property transactions has fallen significantly. This is shown by the latest update of the German Real Estate Index (GREIX), a project of ECONtribute and the Kiel Institute, which tracks the development of German real estate prices using the latest scientific methodology. All data for currently 18 German cities and their districts is freely available at www.greix.de.

In der Folge behandelte Fragestellungen: Wäre der Brexit vermeidbar gewesen? Wie konnte es überhaupt zum EU-Referendum kommen? Und droht uns eine Wiederholung der Geschichte? 

Der Einstellungszeitraum ist 08.04.2024 bis 19.07.2024, in dieser Zeit hält jeder Tutor bzw. jede Tutorin zwei Tutorien á 90 Minuten pro Woche.

The recruitment period is 07.10.2024 to 24.01.2025, during which time each tutor will hold two 90-minute tutorials per week.

The two renowned ranking providers Times Higher Education (THE) and Shanghai have published their annual subject rankings in the past few days. Once again, both rankings attest to the performance of the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn.

The Department of Economics congratulates Professor Sven Rady, Ph.D. for being elected Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Before joining the University of Bonn, Prof. Stefanie Huber worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam.