Dr. Philipp Großkurth
Current position
Since 2021 Insights Lead, Economic Growth, Revival and Transformation,
Centre for the New Economy and Society, World Economic Forum
Areas of specialization
International Economics, MNE ownership structures, Environmental Economics, Corporate Finance, International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment, Applied Econometrics
Professional experience
2020-2021 Fellow, Department of Economics and Data Analytics, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
2019-2020 Guest Researcher, Research Group Sustainability and Governance, RWI Berlin Office.
2019-2020 Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute Geneva.
2013-2019 Researcher, Research Group Sustainability and Governance, RWI Berlin Office.
2016-2018 Lead author, Workgroup International Affairs, Academy Project “Energy Systems of the Future II”, acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, Berlin.
2013-2015 Economic advisor, Workgroup Legal Affairs, Academy Project “Energy Systems of the Future”, acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, Berlin.
2012-2013 Consultant, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva.
2011-2012 Intern, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva.
2011 Intern, International Advisory Services, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt am Main.
Education
2019 PhD in Economics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Supervisors: Nadine Riedel & Christoph M. Schmidt. Pass with no corrections (magna cum laude).
2011 Master of Arts in International Economics, Georg-August Universität Göttingen.
2010 Study abroad in South Korea. Seoul National University and Korea University.
2009 Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Georg-August Universität Göttingen.
2005 Abitur, Oberstufengymnasium Eschwege.
Honors, awards & memberships
2021 Nominated (Top 5) for the UNCTAD-AIB Award for Research on Investment and Development (Großkurth, P. (2019a) MNE and where to find them: an Intertemporal Perspective on the Global Corporate Ownership Network.)
2019 RWI best publication award 2019 (with N. aus dem Moore and M. Themann)
2017 Policy Brief for the G20 accepted at the Think 20 (T20) Summit 2017 Berlin
2010 Carlo-Schmid Program scholarship for academic excellence
2017 Member of the T20 Task Force Climate Policy and Finance
Since 2010 Member of the Carlo Schmidt Network
Working papers
Großkurth, P. (2019a) MNE and where to find them: an Intertemporal Perspective on the Global Corporate Ownership Network. Ruhr Economic Papers 825, RWI 10/2019.
Großkurth, P. (2019b) Dynamic Structure – Dynamic Results? Re-estimating Profit Shifting with Historical Ownership Data. Ruhr Economic Papers 811, RWI 6/2019.
Journal articles
Aus dem Moore, N., P. Großkurth and M. Themann (2019). Multinational Corporations and the EU Emissions Trading System: The Specter of Asset Erosion and Creeping Deindustrialization. The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 94, 1-26.
Löschel, A. and P. Großkurth (2018). Establishing an Expert Advisory Commission to assist the G20’s Energy Transformation Processes. Economics E-Journal 12, 1–12.
Wacker, K. M., P. Großkurth and T. Lakemann (2016). Foreign Direct Investment, Terms of Trade, and Quality Upgrading: What Is So Special about South Asia? Asian Development Review 33, 28–55.
Other publications
World Economic Forum (2022). Chief Economists Outlook May 2022 Edition. Geneva
World Economic Forum (2022). Four Futures for Economic Globalization: Scenarios and Their Implications. Geneva.
World Intellectual Property Organization (2022). World Intellectual Property Report 2022: The direction of innovation. Geneva: WIPO.
Löschel, A., C. Brown of Cambridge, C. Frei, C. M. Schmidt, C. Stephanos, D. Sauer, D. Xiangwan, E. Umbach, E. Lecocq, F. Staiß, J. Parikh, K. Tanaka, K. Yamada, M. Wenham, M. Colombier, P. Criqui, P. Großkurth, R. Schlögl, H. Gummer, T. Zhiyu und Y. Cong (2017). Establishing an Expert Advisory Commission to assist the G20’s Energy Transformation Processes. G20 Insights: Policy Briefs.
acatech/Leopoldina/Akademienunion (2017). Das Energiesystem resilient gestalten: Maßnahmen für eine gesichterte Versorgung. In German. Schriftenreihe zur wissenschaftsbasierten Politikberatung.
Renn, O. (Hrsg.) (2017). Das Energiesystem resilient gestalten: Szenarien – Handlungsspielräume Zielkonflikte. In German. Schriftenreihe Energiesysteme der Zukunft.
UNCTAD (2013). Investment Policy Review Bangladesh. Investment Policy Reviews 34, 1-102. Investment Policy Reviews Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2013/4.
Invited seminars and conference presentations
2018 VfS (Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik), Freiburg.
2017 VfS (Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik), Vienna.
2017 EEA/ESEM (32nd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association & 70th European Meeting of the Econometric Society), Lisbon.
2017 IIPF (73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance), Tokyo.
2017 AEA/ASSA (American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting), Chicago.
2014 WIF (World Investment Forum), Geneva.
Research visits
2019 Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
Media
2019 Der Spiegel on Großkurth, P. (2019a): “Zeit für Robin Hood”. In German. Der Spiegel 43, 19.10.2019.
2019 Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Aus dem Moore et al. (2019): “Von wegen Exitus”. In German. Sueddeutsche Zeitung 54 p. 17. 05.03.2019.
2019 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Aus dem Moore et al. (2019): “Die Schornsteine sind geblieben”. In German. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 124, p. 14. 29.05.2019.
2019 Tagesspiegel on Aus dem Moore et al. (2019): “Kaum Hinweise auf Klimaschutz-Flucht der Industrie”. In German. Tagesspiegel Background. 20.05.2019.
2017 T20 Recommendation – P. Großkurth on Climate Policy and Finance. Berlin G20 Global Solutions Summit: Selected recommendations. Kiel Institute for the World Economy YouTube channel.
Teaching
2011 Tutor, Introduction to Econometrics, Chair of Statistics and Econometrics, Georg-August University Göttingen.
Technical skills
Python, SQL, R, Stata, Excel, LaTeX, github, processing and management of large datasets, proficiency with various data types (e.g. ownership data, geodata, patent data), advanced data visualization.
Languages
German (native), English, French, Spanish (intermediate), Chinese (basic), Korean (basic)
August 10, 2022