Media Economics, Industrial Organization, Political Economy, Microeconomic Theory

Johannes Münster is a professor of economics at the University of Cologne. He studied Philosophy & Economics (MA) and Economics (Diploma) at Freie Universität Berlin, where he also earned his PhD in 2006. Prior to taking up his professorship in Cologne, he was a research assistant and junior professor at Freie Universität Berlin.

Published papers

• Strategic Complementarities in a Model of Commercial Media Bias

  Kerkhof, A., & Münster, J. (2025). Strategic Complementarities in a Model of Commercial Media Bias. Games, 16(3), 21.

• Debunking “Fake News” on Social Media: Immediate and Short-Term Effects of Fact-Checking and Media Literacy Interventions

  Berger, L. M., Kerkhof, A., Mindl, F., & Münster, J. (2025). Debunking “fake news” on social media: Immediate and short-term effects of fact-checking and media literacy interventions. Journal of Public Economics, 245, 105345.

• Selective Sharing of News Items and the Political Position of News Outlets

  Freitag, J., Kerkhof, A., & Münster, J. (2021). Selective sharing of news items and the political position of news outlets. Information Economics and Policy, 100926.

• Detecting Coverage Bias in User-Generated Content

  Kerkhof, A., & Münster, J. (2021). Detecting coverage bias in user-generated content. Journal of Media Economics, 1-32.

Discussion papers

• Strategic Complementarities in a Model of Commercial Media Bias

• Sequencing Bilateral Negotiations with Externalities

• Detecting Coverage Bias in User-Generated Content

• Selective Sharing of News Items and the Political Position of News Outlets

Policy briefs

• Fake News in den sozialen Medien – was hilft?