The Economics Group –
One institute, five chairs, three centers.
Our chairs, institutes, and centers:
Our academic members:
Professor
Christian Hagist
Chair of Economic and Social Policy
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Professor
Ralf Fendel
Chair of Monetary Economics
+49 (0)261 6509 290
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Professor
Michael Frenkel
Chair of Macroeconomics and International Economics
+49 (0)261 6509 280
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Professor
Christina Günther
IHK-Chair of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
+49 (0)261 6509 295
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Professor
Michael Massmann
Chair of Econometrics and Statistics
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Professor
Jürgen Weigand
Institute for Industrial Organization
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Assistant Professor
Nicole Gottschalck
Assistant Professor
Rainer Rilke
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Assistant Professor
Elena Shvartsman
+49 (0)261 6509 818
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Honorary Professor
David B. Audretsch
Dr. Clemens Buchen
Working Paper Series of the Economics Group
The WHU Working Paper Series of the Economics Group is listed in the EconPapers/IDEAS/RePEc-Archive. Additionally, it is listed in the German National Library with the ISSN 2511-1159.
This series offers you an opportunity to present your research at an early stage and the chance to obtain academic feedback. To submit a paper, please contact us at rainer.rilke(at)whu.edu.
Doctoral Program
Have you ever thought about
our Doctoral Program?
Are you an academically excellent and highly motivated student interested in pursuing research in economics?
We are delighted to receive applications from inspiring German and foreign candidates seeking to undertake doctoral studies in one of the fields of Economics.
Doctoral Program
Have you ever thought about
our Doctoral Program?
Are you an academically excellent and highly motivated student interested in pursuing research in economics?
We are delighted to receive applications from inspiring German and foreign candidates seeking to undertake doctoral studies in one of the fields of Economics.
Research articles -
published in the most prestigious journals.
Explore the most recent publications of our Economics research experts in peer-reviewed journals on economics-related topics to discover the research in detail.
Designing donation incentive contracts for online gig workers
Reggiani, T., Rilke, R. (Pre-Print), Journal of Business Ethics
When, and why, do teams benefit from self-selection?
Fischer, M., Rilke, R., Yurtoglu, B. (Pre-Print), Experimental Economics
How do incumbents affect the founding of cooperatives?Evidence from the German electricity industry
Liu, M., Günther, C. (Pre-Print), Organization Studies
Overcoming the ability-willingness paradox in small family firms’ collaborations
Günther, C., Belitski, M., Rejeb, N. (2023), Small Business Economics, Vol. 60 (4), pp. 1409–1429
David B. Audretsch: Clarivate Citation Laureate 2021
Günther, C., Lehmann, E. (2022), Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 7-12
Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses
Belitski, M., Günther, C., Kritikos, A. S., Thurik, R. (2022), Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 593–609
Overconfidence and entrepreneurship: a meta-analysis of different types of overconfidence in the entrepreneurial process
Kraft, P., Günther, C., Kammerlander, N., Lampe, J. (2022), Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 37 (4), Article no. 106207, 23 pages
Publishing in Small Business Economics: an entrepreneurship journal
Audretsch, D., Günther, C., Lederer, A. (2022), Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 1-5
Referrals among VCs and the length of due diligence: the effect of relational embeddedness
Günther, C., Ozcan, S., Saßmannshausen, D. (2022), Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 37 (5), Article no. 106230, 20 pages
Submarket emergence, customer base expansion and strategic entry timing in the evolution of the German farm tractor industry
Buenstorf, G., Günther, C., Wilfling, S. (2022), Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 31 (4), pp. 1086–1112
Making a contribution to entrepreneurship research by studying crowd-funded entrepreneurial opportunities
Pollack, J., Maula, M., Allison, T., Renko, M., Günther, C. (2021), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 45 (2), pp. 247-262
Designing feedback in voluntary contribution games: the role of transparency
Irlenbusch, B., Rilke, R., Walkowitz, G. (2019), Experimental Economics, Vol. 22 (2), pp. 552–576
Early employment expansion and long-run survival: examining employee turnover as a context factor
Gjerløv-Juel, P., Günther, C. (2019), Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 80-102
Estimating strucutural parameters in regression models with adaptive learning
Christopeit, N., Massmann, M. (2018), Econometric Theory, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 68-111
Is the crowd sensitive to distance?how investment decisions differ by investor type
Günther, C., Johan, S., Schweizer, D. (2018), Small Business Economics, Vol. 50 (2), pp. 289-305