Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is Professor of Macroeconomics and Development at Goethe University Frankfurt. Prior to joining Goethe University in 2009, she was an assistant professor at Harvard University. She received her PhD in economics from Yale University in 2004. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is programme director of the macroeconomics and growth programme at the CEPR, chairwoman of the Review of Economic Studies, and elected fellow of the Econometric Society. She received the 2018 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, the highest scientific award in Germany, and the 2016 Gossen Prize of the German Economic Association. In 2018, she was also awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, and in 2010 an ERC Starting Grant. She is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and of the Franco-German Council of Economic Experts. She holds many affiliations in international research networks.  

Auswahl Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola / Krueger, Dirk / Ludwig, Alexander / Popova, Irina (2022): The Long Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures, Economic Journal. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola / Schündeln, Matthias 2020: The Long-Term Effects of Communism in Eastern Europe, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 43(2), 172-191. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola / Masella, Paolo / Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah 2020: Cultural Determinants of Household Saving Behavior, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 85(5), 1035-1070. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola / Schündeln, Matthias 2015: On the Endogeneity of Political Preferences: Evidence from Individual Experience with Democracy, Science, 347(6226), 1145-1148. Alesina, Alberto / Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola 2007: Good Bye Lenin (or not?) – The Effect of Communism on People’s Preferences, American Economic Review, 97(4), 1507-1528.