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Biography

Dr Marcus Biermann is an Assistant Professor at Bielefeld University. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2019. His primary research field is international trade. His secondary research interests are financial economics and the economics of science.

Current areas of research include:

Deep trade agreements
Financial frictions and service trade

Publications

Blog

How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine affected global financial markets?

As Russia's war against Ukraine continues to unfold, its global economic impact remains uncertain. Evidence from the stock market indicates that firms with strong trade or ownership ties to Russia are more likely to face... Read more...

Marcus Biermann and Elsa Leromain

25 May 2023

CEP discussion papers

The indirect effect of the Russian-Ukrainian war through international linkages: early evidence from the stock market

This paper investigates how firms' international linkages to Russia and Ukraine affected investors' expectations following the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian war. For this, we perform an event study around the Russi... Read more...

Marcus Biermann and Elsa Leromain

26 January 2023

CentrePiece - The magazine of the Centre for Economic Performance

In brief... Women economists benefit when seminars go online

The rise in working from home and the fall in business travel during the pandemic prompted a huge increase in remote meetings. Marcus Biermann looks at who benefitted from the shift to online research seminars in economi... Read more...

Marcus Biermann

20 October 2022

Blog

Which speakers will benefit from the rise in remote seminar presentations?

The pandemic has led to a surge in working from home and a fall in business travel. More meetings have taken place remotely. Marcus Biermann (Universite Catholique de Louvain and Centre for Economic Performance, LSE) loo... Read more...

Marcus Biermann

08 December 2021

Journal article

Trade and the size distribution of firms: Evidence from the German Empire

What effect did trade have on the size distribution of firms during the first wave of globalization? Three historical datasets from the German Empire between 1875 and 1907 were collected and harmonized to answer this que... Read more...

Marcus Biermann

07 August 2021

CEP discussion papers

Remote talks: changes to economics seminars during Covid-19

This paper analyzes the consequences of the change in the presentation mode of economics seminars triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The composition of seminar speakers changed significantly. The leading economists gain... Read more...

Marcus Biermann

13 April 2021

Journal article

The role of management practices in acquisitions and the FDI location decision

This paper investigates how management practices as intangible transfers are associated with the performance of multinational business groups. Differences in the management level across source countries are predictive fo... Read more...

Marcus Biermann

01 February 2021

CEP discussion papers

Trade and the size distribution of firms: evidence from the German Empire

What is the effect of trade on the size distribution of firms? We collect historical data between 1882 and 1907 from the German Empire to address this question. Our data allow us to match three data sets according to the... Read more...

Marcus Biermann

10 October 2016