Political Economy

Economic History and Long-run Economic Growth and Development, Technological Diffusion, Economics of Education

Erik Hornung is a Professor of Economic History at the University of Cologne, a CESifo Research Fellow, a CEPR Research Affiliate and a CAGE – Warwick Research Fellow. Before Erik joined the University of Cologne, he was a Professor of Economics at the chair for Quantitiative Economic History at the University of Bayreuth and Senior Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the LMU Munich while being a Junior Researcher at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. In 2008, Erik Hornung received his Diploma in Economics and technics from the University of Stuttgart.

Published papers

• Religious Practice and Student Performance: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting

  Hornung, E., Schwerdt, G., & Strazzeri, M. (2023). Religious practice and student performance: Evidence from Ramadan fasting. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

• Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration

  Flückiger, M., Hornung, E., Larch, M., Ludwig, M., & Mees, A. Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration. The Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming).

Discussion papers

• The Political Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Weimar Germany

• NAFTA and Drug-Related Violence in Mexico

• Religious Practice and Student Performance: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting

• Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration

Policy briefs

• How the 1918 influenza pandemic affected voting in the Weimar Republic

• The importance of access to knowledge for technological progress in the Industrial Revolution

• Ramadan intensity and subsequent student achievement

• Industrialisierung im Deutschen Reich: Welche Rolle spielte die öffentliche Infrastruktur?