Kai Gehring

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Spring 2017: Foundations of Political Economy (Microeconomics)
Diese Veranstaltung vermittelt Studierenden der Politikwissenschaft die Grundlagen der Politischen Ökonomie. Thematisiert werden auch grundlegende volkswirtschaftliche Konzepte sowie das Zusammenspiel zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik.
Spring 2017: Seminar International Organizations and Development Aid (MA, with Katja Michaelowa)
We discuss the most important papers on international organizations and development aid. Students learn to replicate an empirical paper and are expected to write their own empirical analysis extending one of the papers discussed in class.
Winter 2017: Long-term Development – Institutions, Geography, Culture and Growth (BA) Syllabus | Link to Lecture website
This lecture uses a historical and comparative political economy approach to understanding the evolution and development of societies. In particular, we will examine research that asks whether differences in economic development today have historical roots, related to institutions, geography and culture. In addition, we will study different mechanisms and channels through which history matters. Particular attention will be paid to the role of domestic institutions and culture in explaining historical persistence. While the material covered in the course is grounded in the field of economic and political history, there is a natural overlap with other fields in economics and political science, particularly development economics, as well as overlap with other disciplines, such as history, anthropology, archaeology, geography, and psychology. In the second semester, participants will focus on specificaspects of the topics and carry out their own empirical analysis.
Spring 2016: Comparative Economic Development: A political economy perspective (Part 2, BA) Syllabus | Link to Lecture website
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This is the second part of the lecture. It includes sessions on econometrics, using statistical software, scientific writing, how-to-write-a-paper and individual sessions for the students. In the end, every student will draft his own empirical paper as his or her BA thesis.
Winter 2016: Long-term Development – Institutions, Geography, Culture and Growth (BA) Syllabus
This lecture uses a historical and comparative political economy approach to understand the evolution and development of societies. In particular, we will examine research that asks whether differences in economic development today have historical roots, related to institutions, geography, and culture. In addition, we will study different mechanisms and channels through which history matters. Particular attention will be paid to the role of domestic institutions and culture in explaining historical persistence. While the material covered in the course is grounded in the field of economic and political history, there is a natural overlap with other fields in particularly development economics, history, anthropology, archaeology, geography, and psychology. In the second semester, participants will focus on specificaspects of the topics and carry out their own empirical analysis.
Winter 2016: The Political Economy of Globalization - Trade, Finance, Migration and the Role of International Organizations (MA) Syllabus
This course gives a broad overview of the various dimensions of globalization. It starts with discussing the measurement of globalization, and then turns to its causes and consequences. Rather than defining globalization according to a narrow economic definition, this course considers globalization in four dimensions as the flows of goods and services, the flows of capital, of ideas and institutions, and the flow of people (migration). In addition to covering trade, FDI, and financial markets, the course also covers the role of institutions, international organizations, deep-rooted sources of global inequalities, and looks at globalization from the perspective of developing countries.
Winter 2015: Globalization: An empirical political economy perspective (MA) Syllabus | Link to Lecture website
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This course gives a broad overview of the various dimensions of globalization. It starts with discussing the measurement of globalization, and then turns to its causes and consequences. Rather than defining globalization according to a narrow economic definition, this course considers globalization in four dimensions as the flows of goods and services, the flows of capital, of ideas and institutions, and the flow of people (migration). In addition to covering trade, FDI and financial markets, the course also covers the role of institutions, international organizations, deep-rooted sources of global inequalities, and looks at globalization from the perspective of developing countries.
Winter 2015: Comparative Economic Development: A political economy perspective (BA) Syllabus | Link to Lecture website
This lecture uses a historical and comparative political economy approach to understand the evolution and development of societies. In particular, we will examine research that asks whether differences in economic development today have historical roots, related to institutions, geography, and culture. In addition, we will study different mechanisms and channels through which history matters. Particular attention will be paid to the role of domestic institutions and culture in explaining historical persistence. While the material covered in the course is grounded in the field of economic and political history, there is a natural overlap with other fields in particularly development economics, history, anthropology, archaeology, geography, and psychology. In the second semester, participants of the research seminar will focus on specific aspects of topics covered and carry out their own empirical analysis.

Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

Summer 2015: Economic Policy (Tutorial) Link to Lecture website
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Die Veranstaltung „Wirtschaftspolitik“ ist eine Pflichtveranstaltung des Bachelor-Studiengangs „Economics (Politische Ökonomik)“ und des Diplomstudiengangs „Volkswirtschaftslehre“. Sie ist für das vierte Semester vorgesehen. Die Unterrichtssprache ist Deutsch. Inhalt: Anhand der wirtschaftspolitischen Institutionen des Bundes und der EU werden die Grundlagen verschiedener Arten von Staatseingriffen in die freie Wirtschaft betrachtet. Diese Staatshandlungen werden anhand empirischer und theoretischer Erkenntnisse der Mikro-, Makro-, Verhaltens- und Institutionenökonomik beleuchtet.
Summer 2015: Introduction to Econometrics with Stata
Winter 2014/15: Macroeconomics
This course is intended to give students an overview on the most important topics in macroeconomics. The focus is to give an introduction on data analysis and methods in macroeconomics covering the following issues: the long-run equilibrium in the closed and open economy, money and inflation, determinants of growth, and an introduction into the business cycle and economic policy. In addition, we cover topics such as aggregate demand and aggregate supply in a closed and open economy, stabilization policy, public debt and microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics.
Winter 2013/14: Introduction to Econometrics with Stata
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Winter 2013/14: Macroeconomics
This course is intended to give students an overview on the most important topics in macroeconomics. The focus is to give an introduction on data analysis and methods in macroeconomics covering the following issues: the long-run equilibrium in the closed and open economy, money and inflation, determinants of growth, and an introduction into the business cycle and economic policy. In addition, we cover topics such as aggregate demand and aggregate supply in a closed and open economy, stabilization policy, public debt and microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics.
Winter 2013/14: Development Aid (BA)
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I. Introduction 1. Theories of Development Aid II. The unconditional effect of aid on growth 2. Does aid affect growth? III. Aid Allocation 3. What determines DAC Donors’ allocation of aid? 4. What determines New Donors’ allocation of aid? IV. The conditional effect of aid on growth 5. The effect of aid on growth: Aid and institutional quality, geography, and aid squared 6. The effect of aid on growth: Donor motives V. The effect of aid on other outcomes 7. The effect of aid on terror 8. The effect of aid on UNGA voting 9. The effect of aid on Education and Health VI. Reasons for the ineffectiveness of aid 10. Why is aid ineffective? Aid and the Dutch disease 11. Why is aid ineffective? Aid Fragmentation VII. Multilateral Aid as alternative for development? 12. What determines multilateral aid allocation? 13. Is multilateral aid effective? VIII. NGO aid as alternative for development? 14. Is NGO aid effective? IX. Conditionality 15. Can conditionality buy reforms? X. Debt Relief 16. Debt relief as a form of development aid? XI. Alternative Routes for Development 17. Easterly vs. Sachs: Alternative Routes for Development?
Summer 2013: Economics and Politics of International Economic Organizations (BA)
Winter 2012/13: Development Aid (BA)
I. Introduction 1. Theories of Development Aid II. The unconditional effect of aid on growth 2. Does aid affect growth? III. Aid Allocation 3. What determines DAC Donors’ allocation of aid? 4. What determines New Donors’ allocation of aid? IV. The conditional effect of aid on growth 5. The effect of aid on growth: Aid and institutional quality, geography, and aid squared 6. The effect of aid on growth: Donor motives V. The effect of aid on other outcomes 7. The effect of aid on terror 8. The effect of aid on UNGA voting 9. The effect of aid on Education and Health VI. Reasons for the ineffectiveness of aid 10. Why is aid ineffective? Aid and the Dutch disease 11. Why is aid ineffective? Aid Fragmentation VII. Multilateral Aid as alternative for development? 12. What determines multilateral aid allocation? 13. Is multilateral aid effective? VIII. NGO aid as alternative for development? 14. Is NGO aid effective? IX. Conditionality 15. Can conditionality buy reforms? X. Debt Relief 16. Debt relief as a form of development aid? XI. Alternative Routes for Development 17. Easterly vs. Sachs: Alternative Routes for Development?
Winter 2011/12: Macroeconomics
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This course is intended to give students an overview on the most important topics in macroeconomics. The focus is to give an introduction on data analysis and methods in macroeconomics covering the following issues: the long-run equilibrium in the closed and open economy, money and inflation, determinants of growth, and an introduction into the business cycle and economic policy. In addition, we cover topics such as aggregate demand and aggregate supply in a closed and open economy, stabilization policy, public debt and microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics.

FH Kaiserslautern - University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Since 2013: "Introduction to Business and Economics". Within the degree program “IT-Analyst”

University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

2009/10: Marketing Management
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