Thorsten Lübbers

Position

Policy Consultant

External Contact Information

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Research Focus

Economic History, Financial Economics, Industrial Organisation, Patent Markets

Academic Career

  • 2008: Doctoral Examination in Economics (summa cum laude), University of Münster
  • 2007-2009: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
  • 2005-2008: PhD Student, Department of Economics, University of Münster
  • 2005-2007: Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Münster
  • 2004: Master in Modern History, Economics, and Political Science, University of Münster
  • 1998-2004: Studies of Modern History, Economics, Political Science, and Public Law at the University of Münster and the University of Wales, Swansea

Publications

Burhop C., Lübbers T., Incentives and Innovation? R&D Management in Germany's Chemical and Electrical Engineering Industries around 1900, Explorations in Economic History, In Press. Preprintapplication/pdf icon

Lübbers T., Unternehmenskooperation auf dem Gebiet gewerblicher Schutzrechte in der chemischen, pharmazeutischen und elektrotechnischen Industrie, 1880-1994, Vierteljahreszeitschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, In Press.

Burhop C., Lübbers T., The design of licensing contracts: Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Electrical Engineering in Imperial Germany, issue 2011/18, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2011. Abstract Full textapplication/pdf icon

Burhop C., Lübbers T., Cartels, managerial incentives, and productive efficiency in German coal mining, 1881-1913, Journal of Economic History, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 501-528, 2009. Preprintapplication/pdf icon

Burhop C., Lübbers T., The Historical Market for Technology Licenses: Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Electrical Engineering in Imperial Germany [updated version MPI Preprint 2011/18], issue 2009/25, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2009.

Lübbers T., Is Cartelisation Profitable? A Case Study of the Rhenish Westphalian Coal Syndicate, 1893-1913, issue 2009/09, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, pp. 42, 2009. Abstract Full textapplication/pdf icon

Burhop C., Lübbers T., Cartels, managerial incentives, and productive efficiency in German coal mining, 1881-1913, issue 2008/13, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2008. Abstract Full textapplication/pdf icon

  published in:Journal of Economic History, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 501-528, 2009.

Burhop C., Lübbers T., Incentives and Innovation? R&D Management in Germany’s High-Tech Industries During the Second Industrial Revolution, issue 2008/38, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2008. Abstract Full textapplication/pdf icon

  forthcoming in:Explorations in Economic History, In Press.

Lübbers T., Shareholder Value Mining: Wealth Effects of Takeovers in German Coal Mining, 1896-1913, Explorations in Economic History, vol. 45, pp. 462-476, 2008.

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