Center for Economic and Statistical Analysis

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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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News

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    New CESA Working papers

    Our CESA members contribute to the Working Paper Series

    15.01.2025

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    Empirical Economics Seminar

    February 18, 2025 (1pm), we are happy to host Michal Rubaszek (SGH Warsaw School of Economics)

    15.01.2025

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    Brown Bag Seminar

    On February 18, 2025 (2:30 pm), we have a Brown Bag Seminar

    15.01.2025

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    CESA Working Paper

    1st CESA Working Paper published in China Economic Review.

    09.01.2025

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    New CESA members

    Professor Rainer Baule (Chair of Banking and Finance) is joining the center.

    08.01.2025

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    New CESA Working paper

    Our CESA member Robinson Kruse-Becher contributes to the Working Paper Series

    11.12.2024

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    Recent publications

    CESA members have recently published the following research articles in 2024.

    19.11.2024

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    New CESA Working papers

    Our CESA members contribute to the Working Paper Series

    11.11.2024

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    New CESA Working Paper

    Our CESA member Hendrik Sonnabend contributes to the Working Paper Series

    03.07.2024

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    New CESA Working Paper

    Our new CESA member Matthias Westphal contributes to the Working Paper Series

    18.04.2024

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    New CESA members

    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]

All CESA Working papers

CESA | 15.01.2025