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Heinrich W. Ursprung

Heinrich W. Ursprung

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Political Science

D-Index
31
Citations
5798
World Ranking
1070
National Ranking
55

Overview

Heinrich W. Ursprung was affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research activity spanned multiple interdisciplinary topics, with a focus on areas intersecting politics, psychology, and art markets.

The main topics of their work included:

  • Art History and Market Analysis
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Cultural Industries and Urban Development
  • Gender Politics and Representation

Ursprung's publications were distributed across several subfields of study such as Sociology and Political Science, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Urban Studies, and Gender Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ursprung were:

  • Niklas Potrafke
  • Marcus Rösch
  • Kataŕına Zigová
  • Simon Hilber
  • Jan-Egbert Sturm

Key venues where Ursprung published included:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Political Economy
  • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Public Choice

Notable recent papers authored by Ursprung were:

  • "Diff-in-Diff in Death: Estimating and Explaining Artist-Specific Death Effects" (2020) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Jane Beats Them All: Price Formation and Financial Returns to Investing in Rare Books" (2020) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Ultimate Coasian Commitment: Estimating and Explaining Artist-Specific Death Effects" (2021) published in Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)

Other relevant papers in the broader research network with which Ursprung was associated include:

  • "Election systems, the "beauty premium" in politics, and the beauty of dissent" (2020) in European Journal of Political Economy
  • "Frauenanteil und geschlechtsspezifische Produktivitätsunterschiede in der volkswirtschaftlichen Forschung" (2021) in Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Their work incorporated methods and approaches relevant to political economy, cultural economics, and social psychology. Several papers explored artist-specific effects on market and behavioral outcomes, reflecting a blend of experimental and economic perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Education policy and equality of opportunity

    Gabriela Schütz;Heinrich W. Ursprung;Ludger Wößmann

  • DO CIVIL AND POLITICAL REPRESSION REALLY BOOST FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS

    Philipp Harms;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Domestic Politics, Foreign Interests, and International Trade Policy: Reply

    Arye L. Hillman;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Globalisation of the Economy and the Nation State

    Günther G. Schulze;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • The impact of globalization on the composition of government expenditures: Evidence from panel data

    Axel Dreher;Jan-Egbert Sturm;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Globalization and gender equality in the course of development

    Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • PUBLIC GOODS, RENT DISSIPATION, AND CANDIDATE COMPETITION*

    Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Academic performance and single-sex schooling: Evidence from a natural experiment in Switzerland

    Gerald Eisenkopf;Zohal Hessami;Urs Fischbacher;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity

    Gabriela Schütz;Heinrich W. Ursprung;Ludger Woessmann

  • DO CIVIL AND POLITICAL REPRESSION REALLY BOOST FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS

    Heinrich W. Ursprung;Heinrich W. Ursprung;Philipp Harms

  • Multinational Firms, Political Competition, and International Trade Policy

    Arye L. Hillman;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • REPUTATION, PRICE, AND DEATH: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ART PRICE FORMATION

    Heinrich W. Ursprung;Christian Wiermann

  • Globalization and gender equality in the course of development

    Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Heinrich Ursprung

  • La donna e mobile - or is she? Voter preferences and public support for the performing arts *

    Gunther G. Schulze;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand ...: Eine publikationsanalytische Erfassung der Forschungsleistungen volkswirtschaftlicher Fachbereiche in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

    Rolf Bommer;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Evaluation of Researchers: A Life Cycle Analysis of German Academic Economists

    Michael Rauber;Heinrich W. Ursprung;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Greens, Supergreens, and International Trade Policy: Environmental Concerns and Protectionism

    Arye L. Hillman;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Political culture and economic decline

    Arye L. Hillman;Arye L. Hillman;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • The King Never Emigrates

    Gil S. Epstein;Arye L. Hillman;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • International environmental economics : a survey of the issues

    Günther G. Schulze;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • WHO IS THE "PLATZ-HIRSCH" OF THE GERMAN ECONOMICS PROFESSION? A CITATION ANALYSIS

    Heinrich W. Ursprung;Markus Zimmer

  • Support for free-market policies and reforms : Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes?

    Mira Fischer;Björn Kauder;Björn Kauder;Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • The 2008 GEA Journal-Ranking for the Economics Profession

    Friedrich Schneider;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • The political economy of trade liberalization in the transition

    Arye L. Hillman;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Are the rich too rich to be expropriated? : Economic power and the feasibility of constitutional limits to redistribution

    Friedrich Breyer;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Suicide attacks and religious cleavages

    Andra Filote;Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Political Repression and Child Labour: Theory and Empirical Evidence

    Alessandro Maffei;Nikolai Raabe;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures: Evidence from Panel Data: evidence from panel data

    Axel Dreher;Jan-Egbert Sturm;Heinrich W. Ursprung

Frequent Co-Authors

Arye L. Hillman
Arye L. Hillman Bar-Ilan University
Niklas Potrafke
Niklas Potrafke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Axel Dreher
Axel Dreher Heidelberg University
Gil S. Epstein
Gil S. Epstein Bar-Ilan University
Urs Fischbacher
Urs Fischbacher University of Konstanz
Jakob de Haan
Jakob de Haan University of Groningen
Friedrich Schneider
Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Ludger Woessmann
Ludger Woessmann Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Ludger Schuknecht
Ludger Schuknecht Asian Infrastructure Investment

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