Center for Economic and Statistical Analysis

The Center for Economic and Statistical Analysis (CESA) was launched by Professors Joscha Beckmann (Macroeconomics), Robinson Kruse-Becher (Applied Statistics) and Hans-Jörg Schmerer (International Economics) in 2021 as a joint initiative for their economic research based on applied econometric methods. In January 2024, Professor Westphal (Economic Policy) and his team joined CESA. In January 2025, our colleague Professor Rainer Baule (Banking and Finance) and his team team further extended the team and scope of our joint research center.
News
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Our CESA members contribute to the Working Paper Series
15.01.2025
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February 18, 2025 (1pm), we are happy to host Michal Rubaszek (SGH Warsaw School of Economics)
15.01.2025
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On February 18, 2025 (2:15 pm), we have a Brown Bag Seminar
15.01.2025
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1st CESA Working Paper published in China Economic Review.
09.01.2025
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Professor Rainer Baule (Chair of Banking and Finance) is joining the center.
08.01.2025
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Our CESA member Robinson Kruse-Becher contributes to the Working Paper Series
11.12.2024
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CESA members have recently published the following research articles in 2024.
19.11.2024
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Our CESA members contribute to the Working Paper Series
11.11.2024
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Our CESA member Hendrik Sonnabend contributes to the Working Paper Series
03.07.2024
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Our new CESA member Matthias Westphal contributes to the Working Paper Series
18.04.2024
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Professor Matthias Westphal (Chair of Economic Policy) and his team (Anna Krumme and Dr. Hendrik Sonnabend) are joining the center
11.01.2024
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CESA working paper series launched
We are happy to announce the start of our CESA working paper series!
20.12.2023
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Third-party funding from Energy Economics
Data and methods for understanding the link between oil prices and exchange rates
27.10.2023
Upcoming activities
2nd CESA Workshop for young researchers
The one-day workshop for young researchers at the FernUniversität in Hagen (campus in Hagen) features "work-in-progess" presentations from external PhD students accompanied by structured and open discussions by internal CESA researchers. The topics covers the range of research interests gathered in CESA. After the success of the first edition in 2024, we are looking forward to the next edition in 2025!
Program (TBA)
Program (2024)
Recent CESA Working papers
- CESA Working Paper No. 12 | 2025
Robinson Kruse-Becher and Philip Letixerant
Oil price expectations in explosive phases [PDF] - CESA Working Paper No. 11 | 2025
Anna Krumme and Matthias Westphal
Monetary returns to upper secondary schooling, the evolution of unobserved heterogeneity, and implications for employer learning [PDF] - CESA Working Paper No. 10 | 2024
Christoph Wegener, Robinson Kruse-Becher and Tony Klein
EU ETS Market Expectations and Rational Bubbles [PDF] - CESA Working Paper No. 9 | 2024
Marco Kerkemeier
(Co-)Explosiveness of corporate credit spreads [PDF] - CESA Working Paper No. 8 | 2024
Kamila Cygan-Rehm and Matthias Westphal
School Starting Age and the Gender Pay Gap over the Life Cycle [PDF]