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For their exceptional engagement in teaching in the summer term 2018, three members of the Chair for Applied Economics have been awarded teaching prizes by the Faculty of Economics and Management: Omar Martin Ahmad (1st place in the Bachelor programs), Yue Huang (2nd place in the Master programs) and Michael Kvasnicka (1st place in the Master programs). The awards were conferred by the Dean for Studies, Prof. Eichfelder, at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Economics and Management on 24 November 2018.

Michael Kvasnicka has received together with Thomas Bauer and Sebastian Braun the 1st price of the 2017 publication award of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen for the paper „Nuclear Power Plant Closures and Local Housing Values: Evidence from Fukushima and the German Housing Market” published in the Journal of Urban Economics.

New Publication:“The health effects of smoking bans: Evidence from German hospitalization data” has been accepted for publication in Health Economics.

German Science Foundation (DFG) approves add-on application (3/4 position for 21 months for Mr. Mohamad Alhussein Saoud) for research project “Germany and the 2015 Refugee Crisis”.

New Publication: "Family Size and Children’s Education: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China" has been published as a FEMM Working Paper.

New Publication: "Local Labor Markets and the Persistence of Population Shocks" has been published as a FEMM Working Paper.

German Science Foundation (DFG) approves add-on application for extra funds (for Mohamad Alhussein Saoud) for research project “Germany and the 2015 Refugee Crisis”.