International Economic Policy (Prof. Westermann)

View from the balcony with magnolia blossom and church
© Chris Merklein

Welcome to the department of International Economic Policy

Welcome to the Department of Economics / International Economic Policy at the School of Business Administration and Economics at Osnabrück University.

The department is part of the Institute of Empirical Economic Research, which consists of the merger of the three predominantly empirically oriented chairs of  Macroeconomics,  Econometrics and Statistics and International Economic Policy.

Winter semester 2025/26

In WS 2025/26, Prof. Westermann will be on a research semester and will not offer any courses. Prof. Wilde's Master's project seminar may then be offered in English.
 Winter semester 2025/26: Teaching & studies at the department

Sievert-Foundation Visiting Professor for Research on the Asian Economy

The financial support from the   Sievert Foundation for Science and Culture makes it possible to invite two to three internationally renowned top academics to the School of Business Administration and Economics in Osnabrück each year, who occupy the visiting professorship for approximately two weeks. These include Yin-Wong Cheung (Department of Economics, University of California), Estelle Xue Liu (International Monetary Fund Washington), Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India), Wenhao Wang (Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China), Yabin Wang (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Do Khac Trung (Da Nang University of Economics, Vietnam); planned in 2026 Eiji Fujii (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan).Other invited researchers from other universities and research-related institutions will present their scientific papers at the Institute of Empirical Economic Research (IEW)'s  Economics Research Seminar.

New working paper

" An In-Sample Evaluation of Exchange Rate Models: In Search of Scapegoats" by Yin-Wong Cheung, Wenhao Wang, Frank Westermann

Science prizes of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Congratulations on the presentation of the Deutsche Bundesbank Science Awards (Friday, 29.11.2024)
 Deutsche Bundesbank Science Awards : Deutsche Bundesbank Science Awards

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Prof. Frank Westermann, Ph.D.

Foto Prof. Frank Westermann, Ph.D.

Volkswirtschaftslehre/Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik

Rolandstr. 8
49078 Osnabrück

Raum: 29/218

Tel:  +49 541 969-3508
Fax:  +49 541 969-2757
 frank.westermann@uni-osnabrueck.de

Sprechstunde: dienstags 13.30-14.30, Termine nach Absprache mit dem Sekretariat