Prof. Dr. Benjamin Jung
Address
D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Room: Schloss, Museumsflügel, 021
Phone: +49 (0)711-459-23247
Fax: +49 (0)711-459-23952
E-Mail: jung-b@uni-hohenheim.de
Office hour
Upon appointment.
Benjamin Jung holds a doctoral degree in Economics from the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (2009). His dissertation project "Unpacking Trade Costs: Theory and Evidence" was awarded by the RWT Group, a regional business service provider. He also won the price for the best conference contribution at the FIW Research Conference on International Economics (2007), the "Best Paper Award" at the GEP Postgraduate Conference (2008), and the "Young Economist Award" of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (2009).
His research focuses on international trade, new quantitiative trade models, and trade policy. He has published in journals such as Journal of International Economics, Review of International Economis, and Economics Letters. He is contributing to the research area Inequality and Economic Policy Analysis (INEPA) at the University of Hohenheim.
Prior to joining the University of Hohenheim in 2013, he hold a post-doctoral position at the University of Tübingen, where he was funded by a Research Funding Programme for Young Scientists. He visited the Paris School of Economics (France) under an Agence Nationale de Recherche Post-Doctoral grant (Spring 2010). He temporarily held the Chair of International and Monetary Macroeconomics at the University of Konstanz (Winter term 2010/11) and the Chair in International Economics at the University of Hohenheim (Summer term 2011).
Benjamin Jung is Fellow of the CESifo Research Network, IAW Research Fellow, Member of the Standing Field Committee in International Economics of the German Economic Association, and chairman of the Tübingen-Hohenheim-Economics Association.
Journal Articles
German Firms in International Trade: Evidence from Recent Microdata (with M. Fauth and W. Kohler), Journal of Economics and Statistics 243(3-4), 2023, 199-284., https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2022-0040
The Trade Effects of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Heterogeneity Across Time, Country Pairs, and Directions of Trade within Country Pairs, Open Economies Review, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-022-09690-6
Market Size and TFP in the Melitz Model (with G. Felbermayr), Review of International Economics 26(4), 2018, 869-891 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roie.12346
Wie vorteilhaft ist internationaler Handel? Ein neuer Ansatz zur Vermessung der Gewinne (with W. Kohler), Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 18(1), 2017, 32-55, doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2017-0002.
The Welfare Consequences of Import Tariffs: A Quantitative Perspective (with G. Felbermayr and M. Larch), Journal of International Economics 97(2), 2015, 295-309 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2015.05.002
Allocational Efficiency with Heterogeneous Firms: Disentangling Love of Variety and Market Power, Economics Letters 134, 2015, 141-143 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.07.015
Optimal Tariffs, Retaliation and the Welfare Loss from Tariff Wars in the Melitz Model (with G. Felbermayr and M. Larch). Journal of International Economics 89(1), 2013,13-25 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.06.001
Unilateral Trade Liberalization in the Melitz Model: A Note (with G. Felbermayr). Economics Bulletin 32(2), 2012, 1724-1730 | Link to the paper
Gradualism and Dynamic Trade Adjustment: Revisiting the Pro-trade Effect of Free Trade Agreements, Economics Letters 115(1), 2012, 63-66 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.013
Optimal fixed cost subsidies in Melitz-type models, Empirica 39(1), 2012, 98-108 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10663-010-9165-9
Trade Intermediation and the Organization of Exporters (with Gabriel Felbermayr), Review of International Economics 19(4), 2011, 634-648 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9396.2011.00971.x
Longer version: Tübinger Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 331
Sorting it out: Technical barriers to trade and industry productivity (with G. Felbermayr), Open Economies Review 22, 2011, 93-117 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11079-009-9114-z
Ethnic Networks, Information, and International Trade: Revisiting the Evidence (with G. Felbermayr and F. Toubal), Annales d'Economie et Statistique 97/98, 2010, 41-70 | Paper in JSTOR
The Pro-trade Rffect of the Brain-drain: Sorting out Confounding Factors (with G. Felbermayr), Economics Letters 104(2), 2009, 72-75 | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.04.017
Adjustment Dynamics of Bilateral Trade Flows: Theory and Evidence, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 145(4), 2009, 421-442 | Link to the paper
Articles in Non-refereed Journals
Elhanan Helpman: Globalization and Inequality. Journal of Economics 127(2), 2019, 189-191, 201
Handels- und Wohlfahrtseffekte einer "Nulllösung": Wegfall der EU- und US-Importzölle im Automobilsektor (with T. Walter). ifo Schnelldienst 71(15), 2018, 26-29.
Wer gewinnt einen Handelskrieg? ifo Schnelldienst 71(11), 2018, 19-24.
Deutschland seit dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs: Die Realeinkommenseffekte der zunehmenden Integration in die Weltwirtschaft (with ifo Schnelldienst 70(22), 2017, 30–37
David Ricardo - 200 Jahre "Gains from Trade" (with W. Kohler). ifo Schnelldienst 70(09), 2017, 9-15.
Articles in Edited Volumes
The Heterogeneous Effects of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization. In: J. Klenk, F. Waschek. Chinas Rolle in einer neuen Weltordnung. Tectum, 2021, 155-189, https://www.nomos-shop.de/titel/chinas-rolle-in-einer-neuen-weltordnung-id-97867/
The Economic Consequences of the US Tariff War: A Quantitative Perspective (with M. Fauth and O. Krebs). In: J. Klenk, F. Waschek. Chinas Rolle in einer neuen Weltordnung. Tectum, 2021, 111-138, https://www.nomos-shop.de/titel/chinas-rolle-in-einer-neuen-weltordnung-id-97867/
Trade creating oder Trade diverting - Ökonomische Perspektiven auf den Abbau technischer Handelshemmnisse in multilateralem oder regionalem Rahmen. In: G. Felbermayr, D. Göler, C. Herrmann, A. Kalina. Multilateralismus und
Regionalismus in der EU-Handelspolitik. NOMOS, 2017, 187-222, http://www.nomos-shop.de/28636
Endogneous Export Modes. Trade Intermediation versus Wholesale FDI in General Equilibrium (with G. Felbermayr). In: P. Mooslechner and E. Gnan. International Trade & Domestic Growth: Determinants, Linkages and Challenges. Proceedings of OeNB Workshops No. 14, 2009, 89-123.
Recent Working Papers
German Firms in International Trade: Evidence from Recent Microdata (with M. Fauth and W. Kohler). CESifo Working Paper No. 10523.
Input-Output Linkages and Monopolistic Competition: Input Distortion and Optimal Policies (with W. Kohler). Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences No. 06-2021.
The Heterogeneous Effects of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization. Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 10-2020.
Wohlfahrtseffekte der Handelsliberalisierung (with G. Felbermayr and J. Gröschl). German Council of Economic Experts Working Paper 03/2017.
Commercial Policies in the Presence of Input-Output Linkages (with W. Kohler), mimeo.
Trade creating oder Trade diverting - Ökonomische Perspektiven auf den Abbau technischer Handelshemmnisse in multilateralem oder regionalem Rahmen. IAW Discussion Paper No. 127 (2016).
Market Size and TFP in New New Trade Theory (with G. Felbermayr). CESifo Working Paper No. 5583 (2015)
Icebergs versus Tariffs: A Quantitative Perspective on the Gains from Trade (with G. Felbermayr and M. Larch). University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 53 (2013)
Tariffs and Welfare in New Trade Theory Models (with G. Felbermayr and M. Larch). University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 41 (2012)
The Home Market Effect, Regional Inequality, and Intra-Industry Reallocations (with G. Felbermayr). University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 33 (2012). Earlier draft: Home Market Effects and the Single-Sector Melitz Model. CESifo Working Paper No. 3695 (2011)
Putting Currency Misalignment into Gravity: The Currency Union Effect Reconsidered (with J. Hogrefe and W. Kohler). University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 32 (2012). Earlier draft: Readdressing the Trade Effect of the Euro: Allowing for Currency Misalignment. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-023 (2010)