Research Professor Michael Pflüger

Working Papers and Work in Progress

• The Worth of Cities in Germany (with Katja Gehr), December 2023
  • Old version: IZA-Discussion Paper 16127, May 2023
• Superstar Cities (with Takatoshi Tabuchi), in progress
• Emission Taxes in General Oligopolistic Equilibrium (with Rainald Borck), in progress

Selected Recent Publications

• On the Road (Again): Commuting and Local Employment Elasticities in Germany (with Oliver Krebs), Regional Science and Urban Economics 99, 103874 (2023)
• City Size, Pollution and Emission Policies, Journal of Urban Economics 126, 103991 (2021)
• Regionale Disparitäten und Reginalpolitik. Treiber der Veränderung, Handlungsbedarf und Handlungsoptionen,  Wirtschaftsdienst Sonderheft 99:13; 10-18 (2019)
• Green Cities? Urbanization, Trade and the Environment (with Rainald Borck), Journal of Regional Science 59:4, 743-766 (2019)
• Comparative Advantage, Agglomeration Economies and Trade Costs (with Takatoshi Tabuchi), Journal of Urban Economics 109, 1-13 (2019)
• Time is On My Side: Relational Contracts and Aggregate Welfare (with Bohdan Kukharskyy), Oxford Economic Papers, 71:3, 709-732 (2019)
• How Deep Is Your Love?A Quantitative Spatial Analysis of the Transatlantic Trade Partnership (with Oliver Krebs), Review of International Econmics 26:1, 171-222 (2018)
• Fokus TTIP: EU und USA als gleichberechtigte Handelspartner? In: G. Felbermayr, D. Göler, C. Herrmann, A. Kalina (eds.), Multilateralismus und Regionalismus in der EU-Handelspolitik, Nomos Baden-Baden, 271-300 (2017)
• Quo Vadis Welthandel? (with Oliver Krebs), Beitrag zum Wirtschaftsdienst Zeitgespräch: Die Zukunft des Welthandels, Wirtschaftsdienst 5/2015, 311-315 (2015)