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Biographical Information

Prior to entering the Ph.D. Program at the UO, Silke Friedrich was an exchange student at the UO during the academic year 2004/05 and received a MA in Economics in 2006. Friedrich received a Vordiplom in Economics from University of Konstanz (Germany) in 2003. During the academic year 2002-2003, Friedrich took classes at the University Paris Descartes and worked for the OECD, first as an intern, then as a task consultant.

Research Interests

Friedrich specializes in political economy issues and international economics. Current research focuses on the evolution of economic rent-seeking and the role of demographics for voting for trade. Friedrich has wider interests in game theory and development economics.

Publications & Work in Progress

Friedrich, Silke, "Policy persistence as a source of economic rent seeking", Revise & Resubmit, The European Journal of Political Economy.
Abstract Paper

Friedrich, Silke, Morrison, Christian "La condition des femmes en Inde, Kenya, Soudan et Tunisie", OECD Development Center Working Papers, 2004.
Abstract Paper

"The Role of Legacy Costs for Trade Protection - Evidence from the US Steel Industry", with Bruce Blonigen and Wes Wilson,  in progress
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Teaching

• Econ 330 Urban Economics, Fall 2009, Summer 2009   Syllabus
• Econ 311 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Winter 2009, Fall 2008 Syllabus
• Econ 201 Introductory Microeconomics, Spring 2008, Summer 2007  Syllabus

• Econ 420 Econometrics
• Econ 201 Introductory Microeconomics
• Econ 202 Introductory Macroeconomics

• Econ 370 Money and Banking
• Econ 360 Issues in Industrial Organization
• Econ 313 Intermediate Macroeconomics