Moritz Hennicke

(he/him)
moritz (dot) hennicke (at) ulb (dot) be
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Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium and
Universität Bremen in Germany

Biography

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I am a political economist trained in methods of causal inference, economic modelling and machine learning. I obtained a joint PhD from the Université libre de Bruxelles and Cery Paris Université in October 2022. I am currently a Post-Doc in the Mod-Block project on East German economic history based at the Universität Bremen and Université libre de Bruxelles.

Working papers

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1. The Impact of Restructuring of Communist Firms on Workers
   PDF   |   Slides

2. The Big Sale: Privatizing East Germany's Economy, Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Public Economics
   with Lukas Mergele and Moritz Lubczyk
   Press coverage: LeSoir+, SPON, SZ (I, II), MDR, WDR, ND, FOCUS, FP
   PDF   |   BibTex

3. Privatizations Spark Socialist Backlash: Evidence from East Germany’s Transformation, submitted
   with Anselm Hager, Werner Krause, and Lukas Mergele
   PDF   |   BibTex

4. Betting on the Wrong Horse: Lobbying on TPP and the 2016 U.S. Presidental Election, submitted
   with Michael Blanga-Gubbay
   PDF

Publications

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1. Ethnic inequality and forced displacement, PLOS One, 2022,
   with Tilman Brück
   Journal   |   BibTex

Old ideas

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1. Who is the key campaigner? Civil society organizations in the European Union, 2016,
   Poster