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.
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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]