Prof. Dr. Katharina Erhardt

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany

Gebäude 24.31 Raum 01.01
Tel.: +49 211 81-10251

Educational Background
2013 – 2017	Doctoral Studies, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2014	Graduate Program, Study Center Gerzensee, Switzerland
2010 – 2012	M.Sc. International Economics and Worldwide Studies, University of Tübingen, Germany
2009 – 2010	Visiting Student, Universidad Mayor, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2007 – 2010	B.Sc. International Management, University of Flensburg, Germany

Positions
Since 2021	Professor of Economic Policy, esp. Trade and Competition Policy, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
2019 – 2021	Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
2017 – 2021	Postdoctoral Researcher and senior research fellow, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2013 – 2017	PhD student and research fellow, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Representative Publications
Erhardt, K. und Haenni, S., "The Cultural Roots of Firm Entry, Exit, and Growth", Economic Journal, forthcoming. Egger, P., Erhardt, K. and Keuschnigg, C., "Heterogeneous Tax Sensitivity of Firm-level Investments", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 176, 2020, 512-538. Auer, R., Burstein, A., Erhardt, K. and Lein, S., "Exports and Invoicing: Evidence from the 2015 Swiss Franc Appreciation", American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 109, 2019, 533-538. Egger, P., Erhardt, K. and Lassmann, A., "Immigration and Firms' Integration in International Production Networks", European Economic Review 111, 2019, 1-34. Erhardt, K.,"On Home Market Effects and Firm Heterogeneity", European Economic Review 98, 2017, 316-340. Baltagi, B., Egger, P. and Erhardt, K., "The Estimation of Gravity Models in International Trade in The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels - Theory and Applications", edited by Laszlo Matyas, Springer, 2017. Egger, P, Erhardt, K. and Lassmann, A.,"Productivity and R&D as Drivers of Exports and Domestic Sales - Semi-parametric Evidence from French Firm-level Data", World Economy 38 (7), 2015, 1115-1129. Ehrhardt, K. und Haenni, S., "The Cultural Roots of Firm Entry, Exit and Growth" , The Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 648, November 2022, Pages 2767–2814

Representative Publications

Erhardt, K. und Haenni, S., "The Cultural Roots of Firm Entry, Exit, and Growth", Economic Journal, forthcoming.
Egger, P., Erhardt, K. and Keuschnigg, C., "Heterogeneous Tax Sensitivity of Firm-level Investments", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 176, 2020, 512-538.
Auer, R., Burstein, A., Erhardt, K. and Lein, S., "Exports and Invoicing: Evidence from the 2015 Swiss Franc Appreciation", American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 109, 2019, 533-538.
Egger, P., Erhardt, K. and Lassmann, A., "Immigration and Firms' Integration in International Production Networks", European Economic Review 111, 2019, 1-34.
Erhardt, K.,"On Home Market Effects and Firm Heterogeneity", European Economic Review 98, 2017, 316-340.
Baltagi, B., Egger, P. and Erhardt, K., "The Estimation of Gravity Models in International Trade in The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels - Theory and Applications", edited by Laszlo Matyas, Springer, 2017.
Egger, P, Erhardt, K. and Lassmann, A.,"Productivity and R&D as Drivers of Exports and Domestic Sales - Semi-parametric Evidence from French Firm-level Data", World Economy 38 (7), 2015, 1115-1129.
Ehrhardt, K. und Haenni, S., "The Cultural Roots of Firm Entry, Exit and Growth" , The Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 648, November 2022, Pages 2767–2814

Recent Research
Egger, P., Erhardt, K. und Masllorens, G., "Backward versus Forward Integration of Firms in Global Value Chains", CESifo Working Paper 9111, Revise & Resubmit at the European Economic Review. Egger, P. und Erhardt, K., "Heterogeneous Effects of Tariff and Nontariff Trade-Policy Barriers in Quantitative General Equilibrium", CEPR Discussion Paper 13602, Revise & Resubmit at Quantitative Economics. Egger, P., Erhardt, K. und Nigai, S., "Empirical Productivity Distributions and International Trade", CEPR Discussion Paper 15160.

Recent Research

Egger, P., Erhardt, K. und Masllorens, G., "Backward versus Forward Integration of Firms in Global Value Chains", CESifo Working Paper 9111, Revise & Resubmit at the European Economic Review.
Egger, P. und Erhardt, K., "Heterogeneous Effects of Tariff and Nontariff Trade-Policy Barriers in Quantitative General Equilibrium", CEPR Discussion Paper 13602, Revise & Resubmit at Quantitative Economics.
Egger, P., Erhardt, K. und Nigai, S., "Empirical Productivity Distributions and International Trade", CEPR Discussion Paper 15160.

Teaching and Research Interests
Foreign Trade International Economics Trade Policy Regional Economics Applied Econometrics

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