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Economics & Philosophy

The Economics & Philosophy group covers a wide range of research and teaching topics. The fields cover practical philosophy, microeconomics, and macroeconomics. With their theoretical, applied, and empirical research, the group members actively contribute to the academic discourse in their respective fields. In addition to joint internal projects, our experts engage in interdisciplinary collaborations across and beyond EBS Business School. With their expertise, our professors and lecturers contribute to the various degree and non-degree programmes of EBS Business School by delivering basic and advanced courses in the fields of ethics, philosophy, and economics. They also advise students on their theses and are actively involved in the academic self-administration of EBS Business School and the university.

Focus areas

The group’s experts are active in the following research areas:

Practical Philosophy

Ethics
Ordinary Language Philosophy
Political Philosophy

Macroeconomics

International Economics
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Economic Growth
European Financial Crisis
Exchange Rates and International Finance

Applied Economics

Managerial Economics
Public Economics
Pension Economics
Political Economics
Law & Economics

Personnel Economics

Economics of Human Resource Management
Incentive Theory and Incentive Design
Multitasking, Performance Measurement, and Job Design
Incentives and CEO Appointment in Family Firms

Organisational Economics

Organisation of Firms and Economic Transactions
Incentive Systems within and between Firms
Job Design and Optimal Task Assignments

Behavioural Economics

Behavioural Contract Theory
Fairness, Relative Income Concerns, and Other-Regarding Preferences in Organizations
Income Inequality, Incentives, and Other-Regarding Preferences in Society

Economic Policy

Economics of R&D
Competition Policy
Social Policy

Team

Office Management

Anne Gorius

Office Coordinator

: + 49 611 7102 1218
: + 49 611 7102 10 1218
: anne.gorius@ebs.edu
: more about Anne Gorius

Professors

Prof. Dr. Jenny Kragl

Professor of Economics, esp. Microeconomics

Academic Director of the Bachelor in Business Studies (BSc) Programme

: +49 611 7102 1529
: +49 611 7102 10 1529
: jenny.kragl@ebs.edu
: more about Prof. Dr. Jenny Kragl

Richard Raatzsch

Prof. Dr. Richard Raatzsch

Professor of Practical Philosophy

Director of the Institute of Business Ethics

: +49 611 7102 1427
: +49 611 7102 10 1427
: richard.raatzsch@ebs.edu
: more about Prof. Dr. Richard Raatzsch

Jan Christoph Ruelke

Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Rülke

Professor of Economics, esp. Macroeconomics

Group Speaker Economics & Philosophy

: +49 611 7102 1414
: +49 611 7102 10 1414
: jan-christoph.ruelke@ebs.edu
: more about Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Rülke

Emanuel V. Towfigh

Prof. Dr. iur. Emanuel V. Towfigh

Holder of the Chair in Public Law, Empirical Legal Research and Law & Economics

Professor for Law & Economics at EBS Business School

Director BRYTER Center for Digitalization & Law

: +49 611 7102 2253
: +49 611 7102 10 2253
: emanuel.towfigh@ebs.edu
: more about Prof. Dr. iur. Emanuel V. Towfigh

Junior Professors

Simon Dato Foto

Prof. Dr. Simon Dato

Assistant Professor of Microeconomics

: +49 611 7102 1418
: +49 611 7102 10 1418
: simon.dato@ebs.edu
: more about Prof. Dr. Simon Dato

Pantelis Karapanagiotis Foto

Pantelis Karapanagiotis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Microeconomics

: +49 611 7102 1530
: +49 611 7102 10 1530
: Pantelis.Karapanagiotis@ebs.edu
: more about Pantelis Karapanagiotis, Ph.D.

Adjunct and Honorary Professors

Benjamin Bental

Prof. Benjamin Bental, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Macroeconomics

Professor of Economics, University of Haifa (Emeritus)

: bbental@econ.haifa.ac.il
: more about Prof. Benjamin Bental, Ph.D.

Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther

Honorary Professor of Political Economy

Director of the German Economic Institute, Cologne

: huether@iwkoeln.de
: more about Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther

Prof. Dr. André Schmidt

Adjunct Professor of Economics

Professor of Macroeconomics and International Economics at University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten

: andre.schmidt@uni-wh.de
: more about Prof. Dr. André Schmidt

Emeritus Professors

Prof. (emerit.) Dr. Max Urchs

Professor of Philosophy of Science (Emeritus)

: +49 611 7102 1436
: +49 611 7102 10 1436
: max.urchs@ebs.edu
: more about Prof. (emerit.) Dr. Max Urchs

Internal Lecturers

Marcus Kreikebaum

Dr. Marcus Kreikebaum

Lecturer of Ethics and Service Learning

Executive Director of the Center for Business Ethics

: +49 611 7102 1424
: +49 611 7102 10 1424
: marcus.kreikebaum@ebs.edu
: more about Dr. Marcus Kreikebaum

Research Assistants

Alina Azanbayev

Alina Azanbayev

Research Assistant Economics

: +49 611 7102 1458
: +49 611 7102 10 1458
: alina.azanbayev@ebs.edu
: more about Alina Azanbayev

Peymaneh Safaynikoo

Peymaneh Safaynikoo

Research Assistant Economics

: +49 611 7102 1523
: +49 611 7102 10 1523
: peymaneh.safaynikoo@ebs.edu
: more about Peymaneh Safaynikoo

Pratibha Singh

Research Assistant of Ethics and Service Learning

: +49 611 7102 1439
: +49 611 7102 10 1439
: pratibha.singh@ebs.edu
: more about Pratibha Singh

Contact

Prof. Dr. Jenny Kragl

Professor of Economics, esp. Microeconomics

Academic Director of the Bachelor in Business Studies (BSc) Programme

: +49 611 7102 1529
: econ&phil@ebs.edu

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