Erasmus Kersting

Professor of Economics at Villanova U; Dipl.-Volkswirt from Germany; Researcher in Macro, Development and International Econ; Father of two

[Erasmus Kersting @ErasmusKersting]

@ryan_brutger @UCBerkeley Congratulations, Ryan!! Highly deserved, of course. I do love the sign that you received.

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Supporting our Union!! #doop

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Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife! And Go Cats!! @NovaMBB #NOVAvsUConn #GoNova

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

When China started borrowing from the World Bank in the 1980s, it was an undeveloped nation. Now, China has FX reserves of $3 trillion and its own Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Yet it remains the World Bank's second-largest borrower.
@thewirechina
https://t.co/ihgFIW6dGq

[PEIO/RIO @The_PEIO]

RIO 16, 1: Contributions by
Ken Abbott, Christopher Kilby, Oliver Westerwinter, Melissa Carlson, Barbara Koremenos, Guy D. Whitten, Lisa Martin, Pablo Beramendi, Florian Hollenbach, Bernhard Reinsberg,
... https://t.co/uRrKYiU0W7,
@Springernomics

[PEIO/RIO @The_PEIO]

Christopher Kilby and ⁦@ErasmusKersting⁩ present the first paper of #PEIO2020 on China’s informal influence in the World Bank.

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... and win they did!!! GO NOVA!!! #NOVAvsKansas @NovaMBB

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Villanova Econ helping to cheer Wildcats on to beat Kansas #NOVAvsKansas

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One way the World Bank has reacted to increased competitive pressures following the financial crisis is by ramping up "supplemental loans". New paper with Christopher Kilby can be found here: https://t.co/54pK3b3OD3 #WorldBank #UNSC

[JIBS @JIBSupdates]

Which boats are lifted by a foreign tide? New research on how foreign ownership moves wages at foreign and local firms by Girma, Görg & Kersting, now available online ahead of print: https://t.co/Pr0X8s7WUU @UniofNottingham @kielinstitute @VillanovaU

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Does FDI raise or lower wages in the recipient country? As so often, it depends: New J of Intl Bus Stud article https://t.co/wYEYa5Btqk

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Once a wildcat, always a wildcat ... and future wildcat? #NOVAvsButler #NovaNation

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Representing Villanova Economics! #NOVAvsXavier

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Great blog post by Brookings on impact of midterm elections on World Bank by my co-author Christopher Kilby: https://t.co/zVdlbqRUbT

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We have a new paper out: Do Domestic Politics Shape U.S. Influence in the World Bank? Spoiler alert, the answer is yes. https://t.co/xvzIRYSiVy

[Villanova Business @VU_Business]

VSB congratulates Dr.@ErasmusKersting, whose article "Vertical Integration and Supplier Finance" was one of the Canadian Journal of Economic's top 20 most downloaded articles in recent publication history. You can read Dr.Kersting's article here: https://t.co/nyYDgPuofO

[The Global Studies Program at Temple University @TUGlobalStudies]

@ErasmusKersting just presented in the direct effects of World Bank loans at TWIIGG III.

[Andrea Presbitero @a_presbitero]

Study on Chinese aid to Africa by @fuchs_andreas & co-authors @UniHeidelberg & @AidData featured on @TheEconomist
https://t.co/PlkA7TmFX2

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Article on my recent work with Christopher Kilby on World Bank supplemental loans used as geopolitical tools. https://t.co/0Tqo7m8nc7

[Erasmus Kersting @ErasmusKersting]

New paper out: 'Vertical Integration and Supplier Finance' in 'Canadian Journal of Economics' https://t.co/9LDVGxVRbh