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PD Dr. Philipp Mundt

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Institute of Economic Policy (IWP)
Institutsgebäude
Grimmaische Straße 12
04109 Leipzig

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PD Dr. Philipp Mundt

Stand-In Professor

Economics, Economic Policy
Institutsgebäude
Grimmaische Straße 12, Room I241
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 33561

Abstract

Philipp Mundt studied economics and business administration at Kiel University. He was awarded the Science Prize of the Deutsche Bundesbank for his diploma thesis Systemic Risk and Financial Contagion in Network Models of the Banking Sector. He then worked as a research and teaching assistant and doctoral candidate at the Chair of International Economics at the University of Bamberg, where he earned his PhD in economics with a cumulative dissertation entitled A Statistical Equilibrium Perspective on Corporate Profitability. He subsequently completed his habilitation in economics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration at the University of Bamberg with the thesis Empirical Regularities in Production Networks and the Organization of Industrial Markets. His current research interests include industrial and firm dynamics, production networks, and environmental economics.

Professional career

  • since 04/2025
    Interim professor for economic policy, University of Leipzig
  • 05/2024 - 03/2025
    Assistant Professor, University of Bamberg
  • 05/2017 - 04/2024
    Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bamberg
  • 05/2011 - 04/2017
    Research and teaching assistant, Chair of International Economics (Prof. Mishael Milakovic, PhD), University of Bamberg
  • 06/2010 - 03/2011
    Student assistant, Chair of Monetary Economics and International Finance (Prof. Dr. Thomas Lux), University of Kiel

Education

  • 05/2017 - 04/2024
    Habilitation in Economics, University of Bamberg
  • 05/2011 - 04/2017
    PhD in Economics, binational doctorate (cotutelle de thèse), University of Bamberg and University of Castellon, Spain
  • 10/2007 - 04/2011
    Master of Science in Economics, University of Kiel
  • 10/2007 - 04/2011
    Master of Science in Business Administration, University of Kiel
  • 10/2005 - 09/2007
    Undergraduate studies in economics and business administration, University of Kiel
  • Mundt, P.; Savin, I.; Cantner, U.; Vannucchini, S.; Inoue, H.
    Peer effects in productivity and differential growth: a global value chain perspective
    Industrial and Corporate Change. 2023. 32 (6). pp. 1267–1285.
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  • Mundt, P.; Milakovic, M.; Alfarano, S.
    Survival and the ergodicity of corporate profitability
    Management Science. 2022. 68 (5). pp. 3726–3734.
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  • Mundt, P.
    The formation of input-output architecture: evidence from the European Union
    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2021. pp. 89–104.
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  • Mundt, P.; Oh, I.
    Asymmetric competition, risk and return distribution
    Economics Letters. 2019. pp. 29–32.
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  • Mundt, P.; Alfarano, S.; Milakovic, M.
    Exploiting ergodicity in forecasts of corporate profitability
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 2020. 111 (103820).
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more publications

  • European Integration (Master)

  • Staat und Wirtschaft - Wirtschaftspolitik (Bachelor)

  • Seminar International Economic Policy (Master)

  • Economic Policy (Master)