Current Research Projects
“Causal Machine Learning and Business Decision Making” (with Jermain Kaminski and Carla Schmitt)
“Causal Inference and Data-Fusion in Econometrics” (with Elias Bareinboim)
“Double Machine Learning and Automatic Confounder Selection — A Cautionary Tale” (with Beyers Louw and Itamar Caspi)
“The Choice of Control Variables: How Causal Graphs Can Inform the Decision” (with Beyers Louw and Mikko Rönkkö, Best Paper Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Preprint)
“The effect of publicly co-funded industry-science collaboration on scientific production” (with Cindy Lopes-Bento and Maikel Pellens)
“Ecological Community Logics, Identifiable Business Ownership, and Green Innovation as a Company Response” (with Yannick Bammens)
“On the Nuisance of Control Variables in Regression Analysis” (with Beyers Louw)
Publications
[11] Rohrer, J. M., Hünermund, P., Arslan, R. C., Elson, M. (2022). That’s a lot to Process! Pitfalls of Popular Path Models. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(2): 1–14.
[10] Bammens, Y., Hünermund, P., Andries, P. (2022). Pursuing Gains or Avoiding Losses: The Contingent Effect of Transgenerational Intentions on Innovation Investments. Journal of Management Studies, 59(6): 1493–1530.
Preprint
Media: Management Studies Insights Blog
[9] Bammens, Y., Hünermund, P. (2021). How Midsize Companies Can Compete in AI. Harvard Business Review, September.
[8] Hamstra, M. R. W., Schreurs, B., Jawahar, I. M., Laurijssen, L. M., Hünermund, P. (2021). Manager narcissism and employee silence: A socio‐analytic theory perspective. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 94(1): 29–54.
[7] Boeing, P., Hünermund, P. (2020). A global decline in research productivity? Evidence from China and Germany. Economics Letters, 197.
Working Paper Version
Media: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), ZEW Policy Brief, ZEW News, Wirtschaftsforum SPD, Marginal Revolution
[6] Bammens, Y., Hünermund, P. (2020). Nonfinancial considerations in eco‐innovation decisions: The role of family ownership and reputation concerns. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 37(5): 431–453.
FFI Best Quantitative Paper Award at European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2018 Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
[5] Andries, P., Hünermund, P. (2020). Firm-level effects of staged investments in innovation: The moderating role of resource availability. Research Policy, 49(7).
Preprint, Supplemental Material
[4] Czarnitzki, D., Hünermund, P., and Moshgbar, N. (2020). Public Procurement of Innovation: Evidence from a German Legislative Reform. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 71.
Preprint
Media: Oekonomenstimme, ZEWnews
[3] Hünermund, P., Czarnitzki, D. (2019). Innovation Policy and Causality. ifo DICE Report 4 / 2019 (Winter): Innovation Policy, 3–6.
[2] Hünermund, P., and Czarnitzki, D. (2019). Estimating the Causal Effect of R&D Subsidies in a Pan-European Program. Research Policy, 48(1): 115–124.
Preprint, Supplemental Material
Media: Voxeu, Oekonomenstimme, ZEW Aktuell
[1] Hünermund P. (2017). Do Most Companies Even Try to Innovate Anymore?. Harvard Business Review, April.
Book Chapters
[1] Hünermund, P. (2021). Herausforderungen für die Innovationspolitik. In Frenzel, M., Machnig, M., Zenke, I. (Hg.). Post Coronomics — Neue Ideen für Markt, Staat und Unternehmen. Bonn, Germany: Dietz.
Other publications
Hünermund, P., Schmidt-Dengler, P., and Takahashi Y. (2014). Entry and Shakeout in Dynamic Oligopoly. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-116.
Paul Hünermund, Ph.D. 