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Prof. Dr. Torsten Schmidt
Head, “Macroeconomics and Public Finance” department

Torsten Schmidt is head of the research department “Macroeconomics and Public Finance” and adjunct professor for empirical macroeconomics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. He studied economics at the University of Göttingen and earned his doctorate from the University of Zurich. He joined RWI in 2000.
Research Interests
National and international business cycle analysis, analysis of medium-term macroeconomic development and economic effects of demographic change
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Prof. Dr. Torsten Schmidt
RWI - Leibniz-Institut für
Wirtschaftsforschung
Hohenzollernstraße 1-3
D - 45128 Essen
Phone: +49 (201) 8149-287
Fax: +49 (201) 8149-200