German Schools

[kkaman]

Originally Posted by Diplomer

The German research institutes (IfW, DIW, RWI...) are mainly concerned with German issues (as they are mainly financed by German tax payer's money). So you cannot expect that they produce research that is particularly interesting for international journals. But they typically have not much to do with the universities you would be studying at...

The Danish universities are Danish, so you might get some answers about them in a separate thread. "German schools" is not a good heading for asking about Danish universities... ;-)

You misconstrued from the phrase 'German economic research institutes'. I think that is not the right phrase to use.I am talking about academic research.Though German Schools is not a good caption,however, I did mention about the Dannish institutes when I started the thread.I do not know about the others but I always read the first post in any thread before jumping to the replies to get an idea of the on going discussion?

[murni]

If someone is interested in the current debate in Germany, here is a collection of links: Methodology

But I do not think it is worth it, the people who are behind all this have little influence. In one year nobody will discuss this anymore.

[Diplomer]

Originally Posted by kkaman

I am talking about academic research.Though German Schools is not a good caption,however, I did mention about the Dannish institutes when I started the thread.

The academic research in the above mentioned universities is ok, but as someone mentioned earlier Germany is not a good place to do macro (unless it is monetary macro).

What I wanted to say about the Danish institutes is that probably only Danish students might be able to give useful information. But a Danish might not be very likely to read a thread about German schools... . You might be more successful if you started a new thread about them. That was my point, nothing more.

However, it might be a bad indicator that hardly anybody has ever heard anything about the named Danish universities. Why do you consider Denmark and not, for instance, the Netherlands?

[murni]

side note: this year's Bernacer price winner (Markus Brunnermeier) started his PhD studies in Bonn. He then went to LSE to finish his degree (this is possible in the EDP, I do not know whether the EDP still exists). I just surfed the Bonn econ pages, they have some amazing junior faculty in micro theory. Some of them could easily keep up (by journal publications) with well placed assistant professors from the best American schools.

[kkaman]

Diplomer I am just trying to broaden the pool of schools with good research programmes. I know only about Tinbergen and Tilburg in Netherlands. If you have information about other institutes please share.

The Dannish institutes I mentioned have rigorous graduate programmes and associated research centres.However, I do not have an idea about the placement record of those institutes.

I have noticed that European institutes, compared with US institutes, have bias in the selection process(implicitly).Most of the European graduate programmes admit the students from Europe only.

[econgute]

@kkaman, the OP,
Nowadays, from what I have thought, many of European schools want to admit international students. (I have to say institutes such as EUI are by far the exception.) I heard some profs at European schools keep complaining why many of non-Europeans, specially Asians, are not applying to European schools. However most international students choose American univs over Europeans. Even though it looks like they are in favor of Europeans, I rather say that is the result of failing to be attractive over American univs.

With your recent post, I assume that you are not European. As I mentioned above, if you are not Danish and you do have a plan to get a job in EU era, then it seems more risky to you. Even tough I have heard their name, I haven't seen some ph.d graduates or profs from Danish univs. The institutes could be really good to study, but considering the job market after the ph.d, Danish schools do not seem so appealing. If you do not mind, can you tell me where you are from and why you are interested in European schools?


@murni,
EDP still exists. However, LSE does not accept any students to transfer (Sorry here, I don't know the exact term to describe it.) under the EDP network. By googling edp site, you could get the address.

You must be talking about Gershkov. I agree that he has published some great papers. However, all of his papers are co-authored, and he did not graduated from an American univ. So, I guess those factors could be discounted on him to get a job in the American market. Furthermore, by looking most of his published and working papers, he seems really getting along with Moldovanu. So it could be another reason to settle in Bonn. For me, Bonn has not done in hiring junior faculties, but, of course, he is exception.

[representative_agent]

Originally Posted by econgute

... and he did not graduated from an American univ.

so what?

[The Dismal Scientist]

Hi,

Well, you have already got a chunk of advise from folks.
I want to take your attention towards Network programs i.e. Mannhiem & Bonn.

Mannheim is a member of ENTER (enter-program.com), member institutions include: Mannheim, Tilburg, Tolouse, UAB, SU/SSE, UCL, CM3 & ULB.

Bonn is a member of EDP (EDP), member institutions include: Bonn, LSE, UPF, EUI, ULC and Tel Avive as an exchange partner.

For your research interests i.e. Business Cycles & Growth - UPF, LSE, EUI, Tilburg & Tel Avive are at par with worlds best Eco departments (Rankings: Macroeconomics).

If you have decided to go in to a german program, I will suggest you to go for one of these two universities.

Thanks.

[econgute]

Originally Posted by representative_agent

so what?

First of all, sorry for writing some possible controversial issues.
I did not mean that it is bad or one has to pursue his doctoral degree in the US. I rather mean that it could be a reason why he decided to be in Europe rather than to be in the US.
I also prefer non-American univs, so do not take it so seriously.

[murni]

It is not only Gershkov, look at this guy Untitled ,ok, he just left. Gall is still there, Kovac, Chmura ... Mylovanov left last year.This is particularly impressive given the low wages for assistant professors in Germany.And I can tell you it is very nice to have good assistant professors around as a PhD student, because they are more accessible than full professors, but also know how to get published.