Sven Fischer

Sven Fischer is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) at Philipps-Universität Marburg. He holds a PhD in Economics (Dr. rer. pol., 2023) from School of Business and Economics at Philipps-Universität Marburg. He also attained a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Politics and Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg. He has several publications in international peer-reviewed journals, covering topics such as the political economy of natural disasters and institutional economics. His research interests include the fields of development economics, environmental and resource economics, and institutional economics.

Most recent publications in peer-reviewed journals: 

• Farzanegan, M.R., and Fischer, S., 2024. The impact of a large-scale natural disaster on local economic activity: evidence from the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran, Empirical Economics. DOI: 10.1007/s00181-024-02676-y. 
• Fischer, S., 2024. The impact of the Trump presidency on the perception of corruption in the United States, Applied Economics Letters. DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2024.2363294. 
• Farzanegan, M.R., Fischer, S., and Noack, P., 2024. Natural disaster literacy in Iran: Survey-based evidence from Tehran. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104204. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104204. 
• Farzanegan, M.R., and Fischer, S., 2022. Is It Right to Fight? Evidence from Russia and Ukraine. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. DOI: 10.1515/peps-2022-0011. 
• Farzanegan, M.R., and Fischer, S., 2021. Lifting of International Sanctions and the Shadow Economy in Iran—A View from Outer Space. Remote Sensing, 13(22), 4620. DOI: 10.3390/rs13224620. 
• Fischer, S., 2021. Post-Disaster Spillovers: Evidence from Iranian Provinces. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14(5), 193. DOI: 10.3390/jrfm14050193. 

Contact:
Dr. Sven Fischer
Economics
s.fischer[at]berlin.bard.edu