University of Münster
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Chair of Political Economy (LÖP)

Status: Organisation is active
Phone number: +49 251 83-24303
Fax number: +49 251 83-28429
Address: 
Scharnhorststr. 100
48151 Münster
Germany

Publications

Random Walks into Democracy and Back. The Case against Causal Explanations of Democratization
Apolte, Thomas (2025)
In: European Journal of Political Economy, 87. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102667
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Peer effects and social contagion
Apolte, Thomas; Kellermann, Kim Leonie (2025)
In: Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Bjørnskov, Christian (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice , 529-537. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. doi:10.4337/9781802207750.00079
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
The Evolution of Modern Democracy as a Process of Constitutional Lobbying
Apolte, Thomas (2024)
In: Polk, Andreas; Mause; Karsten (eds.), The Political Economy of Lobbying, 247-265. Berlin: Springer.
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
Kollektivismus und Kremlpropaganda
Apolte, Thomas (2023)
In: Internationale Politik, 78(3), 92-97.
Research article (journal) | Published
Ökonomische Theorie der Autokratie
Apolte, Thomas (2023)
In: WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 52, 25-33. doi:10.15358/0340-1650-2023-1
Research article (journal) | Published
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Projects

9. Internationale Konferenz "The Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship" (PEDD)
Duration: 19/02/2026 - 21/02/2026
Funded by: Participation / conference fees
Type of project: Scientific Event
7th International Conference on the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship (PEDD)
Duration: 22/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
Funded by: DFG - International Scientific Events
Type of project: Scientific Event
6th International Conference on "The Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship" (PEDD)
Duration: 23/02/2023 - 25/02/2023
Funded by: Participation / conference fees , DFG - International Scientific Events
Type of project: Scientific Event
5th International Conference on "The Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship" (PEDD)
Duration: 24/02/2022 - 26/02/2022
Funded by: Participation / conference fees , DFG - International Scientific Events
Type of project: Scientific Event
The distribution of political power and the provision of human-capital promoting public goods: Historical evidence from German cities
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
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Preisverleihungen

Dissertation prize of the School of Business and Economics of the University of Münster 2021
Awarded by: University of Münster
Award given to: Kellermann, Kim Leonie
Announced at: 05/11/2021 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2021
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Duncan Black Prize
Awarded by: Public Choice Society
Award given to: Apolte, Thomas
Date of awarding: 15/03/2013
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
StuNed Scholarship Award
Awarded by: NESO
Award given to: Farah, Alfa
Date of awarding: 01/01/2007
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
DAAD-IGSP Scholarship
Awarded by: The Government of the Republic of Indonesia in collaboration with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Award given to: Farah, Alfa
Announced at: 01/01/2015
Type of distinction: Scholarship
Promotionsstipendium
Awarded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Award given to: Kellermann Kim Leonie
Announced at: 15/03/2017
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Promotionen

Three Essays on the Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization
Candidate: Farah, Alfa | Supervisors: Apolte, Thomas
Period of time: until 11/11/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Economic Inequality: Empirical Contributions on its Relevance for Electricity Markets and International Migration
Candidate: Winter, Simon | Supervisors: Müller, Christian; Apolte, Thomas
Period of time: until 02/05/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The German Energy Transition - Essays on the Electricity Infrastructure, Network Charges and the Renewable Energy Sources Act
Candidate: Schlesewsky, Lisa | Supervisors: Müller, Christian; Apolte, Thomas
Period of time: until 20/11/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Geschlechtsspezifische Einkommensunterschiede, haushaltspezifisches Arbeitsangebot und Diskriminierung am Arbeitsmarkt
Candidate: Franz, Nele | Supervisors: Apolte, Thomas
Period of time: 01/12/2009 - 07/07/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Markt und Ordnung - Ordnungsökonomische Studien zu Alterssicherung, Bildung und Finanzmärkten
Candidate: Suttner, Johannes | Supervisors: Müller, Christian; Apolte, Thomas
Period of time: until 07/07/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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Habilitationen

Essays on Tax Avoidance, Tax Incentives, and Financial Reporting
Candidate: Thomsen, Martin | Reviewers: Watrin, Christoph; Kirsch, Hans-Jürgen; Apolte, Thomas; Overesch, Michael
Period of time: until 20/05/2020
Habilitation procedure finished at: Habilitation procedure at University of Münster

Vorträge

Youth Bulges, Insurrections, and Politico-Economic Institutions
Gerling, Lena (07/09/2015)
2015 Annual Conference of the German Economic Association, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Deutschland
Type of talk: scientific talk

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