Development Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy

Felix Rusche is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral
Economics. He completed his master’s degree and PhD at the University of
Mannheim. His research interests span labor, development, and political economy.
He is particularly interested in the socioeconomic effects of modern and traditional
media as well as in social norms and discrimination. Beyond his topical focus, he
works on the development of new methods to both accurately identify economic
effects and draw insights from unconventional or unstructured data. His work has
been recognized with several awards, including the Unicredit Best Paper on Gender
Award, the Econometric Society Europe Meeting Best Applied Paper Award, and the
Schmölders Award.

Discussion papers

• Stock Market Performance in the Media: Reporting Big News, Missing the Big Picture?