Research assistant
Dr. Tom Rauber
tom.rauber(at)rptu.de | |
Telephone | +49 (631) 205 4806 |
Room Number | 42-434 |
Office hours | Thursday 14:00-16:00 |
Academic Education
02/2020 – 07/2024 | PhD Student, Chair of Microeconomics, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
10/2023 – 12/2023 | Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (UK) |
02/2022 – 06/2022 | Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) |
09/2017 – 12/2019 | Business Management & Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
01/2019 – 04/2019 | Visiting Graduate Student, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (UK) |
10/2013 – 08/2017 | Business Management & Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc.), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
Employment
Since 08/2024 | Research Associate, Chair of Microeconomics, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
10/2019– 12/2019 | Intern, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Washington D.C. (USA) |
03/2015 – 10/2019 | Student Research Assistant, Chair of Production Management, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
09/2017 – 04/2018 | Student Research Assistant, Chair of Business Information Systems, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
Main Research Interests
- Contract Theory
- Bargaining Theory
- Behavioral Economics
Publications & Working Papers
Rauber, T., & Ritschel, P. (2024). Banking Competition and Capital Dependence of the Production Sector: Growth and Welfare Implications, International Review of Economics & Finance, 89, 676-698. Link to the article Presented at: 2023 & 2024 Meetings of the Econometric Society in Nairobi (AFES), Beijing (AMES), Singapore (AMES-ESE), New Delhi (AMES-CSW). |
Rauber, T., & Weinschenk, P. (2024). Dynamic Interaction and (In)effectiveness of Financial Incentives, Under Review. Link to the article Presented at: 2023 Meeting of the Econometric Society in Los Angeles (NASMES); 2022 Workshop on Labour Economics in Trier (IAAEU). |
Rauber, T., & Weinschenk, P. (2023). Detrimental Incentive Mechanisms in Dynamic Principal-Agent Relationships, Under Review. Link to the article Presented at: 2024 Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design in Budapest (CMID), 7th World Congress of the Game Theory Society in Beijing (GAMES2024), 2024 Meeting of the Econometric Society in New Delhi (AMES-CSW); 2023 Micro-Theory Conference in Cambridge. |
Rauber, T. , & Naumann, F. (2023). Designing Emissions Trading Schemes: Negotiations on the Amount & Allocation of Permits, Under Review. Link to the article Presented at: 2024 Meeting of the European Economic Association in Rotterdam (EEA-ESEM). |
Professional Activities
- Scholarship reviewer
- German Academic Scholarship Foundation ('Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes')