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Björn Brügemann serves as Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and holds a Research Fellowship at the Tinbergen Institute. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University (2004-2011) and has held visiting positions at University of Pennsylvania, CREI, CESIfo, and University of Konstanz.
His academic foundation includes a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2004.
Professor Brügemann's research centers on Macroeconomics with specialized expertise in Labor Economics, Political Economy, and Search Theory. His work investigates institutional interactions in labor markets, particularly examining how employment protection legislation creates political feedback loops that sustain regulatory frameworks. He develops theoretical models to analyze bargaining dynamics within firms, unemployment-vacancy relationships, and the persistence of labor market institutions. His approach combines rigorous game-theoretic frameworks with macroeconomic implications, often revealing counterintuitive dynamics in labor market frictions.
His publication record demonstrates sustained contribution to top economics journals, with recent work (2023) extending analysis of labor market dynamics to firm-level production constraints. The thematic evolution shows increasing integration of political economy considerations with core macroeconomic modeling, reflecting sophisticated interdisciplinary synthesis.
Professor Brügemann has supervised three PhD theses and teaches Macroeconomics II at VU Amsterdam, Advanced Macroeconomics at Amsterdam University College, and graduate-level courses at Tinbergen Institute. His editorial roles at International Economic Review and European Economic Review highlight peer recognition of his scholarly contributions.
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