Alex Magnuson

Alex Magnuson serves as a Junior Research Affiliate at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (IWH) since August 2023 and is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School. He completed his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College.

Research Focus:

• International Trade: Examining formation mechanisms of multinational export networks using big data
• Urban Economics: Analyzing spatial economic dynamics in metropolitan contexts
• Computational Economics: Developing data-driven models for global trade systems

As a member of IWH's Center for Firm and Productivity Dynamics, Magnuson investigates firm-level productivity patterns and their implications for international trade structures through interdisciplinary methodologies combining economic theory and data science.