4 November 2025 at 5:00PM (on-site) | Nikolaj Moretti (PIK Potsdam) will present the paper “Trading Deficits for Investment: Optimal Deficit Rules for Present-Biased Governments“ in the next PLUS Economics Research Seminar. The presentation will take place in room HS 241 (EBMÖOG2.01). Looking forward to seeing you in the seminar!

Karolina Rütten visits the Economics Department until December 2025. She is a doctoral student at the University of Potsdam and at Research Department 5 of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany. Her research focuses on the distributional impacts and public acceptance of climate policy instruments, using survey experiments. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Humboldt University Berlin.

Welcome Karolina!

Jörg Paetzold and Jakob Losert from our Department published a blog contribution on the effects of free public transport on the mobility behavior of people in “Die Presse – Der ökonomische Blick”: “Freie Fahrt für alle: Was kostenlose Öffis mit unserem Mobilitätsverhalten machen (Free Ride for All: How Free Public Transportation Affects Our Mobility Behavior)”. This blog post describes their current research project which investigates whether free public transport can help facilitate a switch from individual transport (e.g. cars) to public transport (e.g. bus or rail).