About

Rüdiger Bachmann is a Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, currently on leave for Winter 2026. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, obtained in 2007. His academic focus includes macroeconomics, with research interests spanning macroeconomic theory and policy. He is part of the Department of Economics and is involved in teaching and research activities related to macroeconomics and related fields.

Research topics

• Economics
• Computer Science
• Econometrics
• Business
• Political Science
• Statistics
• Microeconomics
• International trade
• Advertising
• Physics
• Industrial organization
• Law
• Natural resource economics

Selected publications

• Replication Package for: Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has not Converged

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-02-19

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  The files included in this package prvide the replication instructions to the paper: "Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has not Converged" by Bachmann, Bayer, Stüber and Wellschmied

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• Replication package for: A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal Policy

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-05-05

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  Replication package for Bachmann, B., Born, B., Goldfayn-Frank, O., Kocharkov, G., Luetticke, R., Weber, M. (2026), "A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal Policy", Review of Economic Studies.

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• Replication package for: A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal Policy

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-05-05

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  Replication package for Bachmann, B., Born, B., Goldfayn-Frank, O., Kocharkov, G., Luetticke, R., Weber, M. (2026), "A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal Policy", Review of Economic Studies.

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• Replication Package for: Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has not Converged

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-02-19

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  The files included in this package prvide the replication instructions to the paper: "Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has not Converged" by Bachmann, Bayer, Stüber and Wellschmied

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• USA: Vierpunkteplan für ein Brain Gain

  Wirtschaftsdienst · 2025-06-01

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• What if? The macroeconomic and distributional effects for Germany of a stop of energy imports from Russia

  Economica · 2024-07-10 · 31 citations

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  Abstract This paper discusses the economic effects of a potential cut‐off of the German economy from Russian energy imports. We use a multi‐sector open‐economy model and a simplified approach based on an aggregate production function to estimate the effects of a shock to energy inputs. We show that the effects are likely to be substantial but manageable because of substitution of energy imports and reallocation along the production chain. In the short run, a stop of Russian energy imports would lead to an output loss relative to the baseline situation, without the energy cut‐off, in the range 0.5% to 3% of GDP.

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• Makrodaten: Die amtliche Statistik stärken

  Wirtschaftsdienst · 2023-11-01

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  Abstract Despite some progress, German macroeconomists are generally dissatisfied with access to important data in Germany. Legal, technical and organisational obstacles abound, in particular as far as mergers of data sets from heterogeneous sources are concerned. This article suggests a number of concrete measures, including legal changes, to improve the situation. Easy access to a variety of data sources is a necessary condition for the design, evaluation, and thus, for the improvement of macroeconomic policies. Better informed decisions are also less prone to be influenced by lobbyists.

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• Firm surveys

  Elsevier eBooks · 2023-01-01

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• Unconventional Fiscal Policy at Work

  AEA Papers and Proceedings · 2023-05-01 · 7 citations

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  In an effort to stabilize the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German government reduced value-added taxes (VAT) by 3 percentage points for a period of six months in the latter half of 2020. This measure resulted in a boost in aggregate consumer spending on both durable and semidurable goods during the six-month period, with spending decreasing once the VAT reduction was reversed. The effect of the temporary VAT cut on durable spending was stronger than on semidurable spending. Additionally, the temporary VAT cut also stabilized, and even slightly increased, inflation expectations in the second half of 2020.

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• Preface

  Elsevier eBooks · 2023-01-01 · 1 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Christian Bayer

  University of Bonn

  23 shared

• Heiko Stüber

  Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

  19 shared

• Zeno Enders

  Heidelberg University

  19 shared

• Benjamin Born

  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

  18 shared

• Almut Balleer

  RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

  16 shared

• Niklas Garnadt

  16 shared

• Kai Carstensen

  15 shared

• Eric Sims

  University of Notre Dame

  15 shared