Martin Uebele

Martin Uebele
Curriculum Vitae
December 2013
University of Groningen
Telephone:
+31-50-363 36 80
Faculty of Arts
Fax:
+31-50-363 72 53
Economic and Social History
m.uebele@rug.nl
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
9712 EK Groningen, Netherlands
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born
22 September 1976, Tunduru (Tanzania).
Family
Married, no children.
EDUCATION
2008
Ph.D. economics (Dr. rer. pol.), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Oct 2006 Sep 2007
Visiting graduate student as Marie Curie RTN Research Fellow, University of
Warwick.
2003
M.Sc. economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Jan-Jul
2002
Visiting undergraduate student, University of Bergen, Norway.
Sep-Dec
2001
Visiting undergraduate student, Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Feb
2013
Assistant professor (tenure expected March 2014), Department of Arts,
University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Jul 2010 –
Jan 2013
Assistant professor (Juniorprofessor, non-tenured), Department of Economics,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
Oct 2007 - Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Westfälische WilhelmsJul 2010
Universität Münster, Germany.
Oct 2006 Sep 2007
Teaching assistant, University of Warwick, UK.
Oct 2004 Jul 2005
Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Germany.
1 AWARDS
Isaac Kerstenetzky Best Paper Award 2010, CIRET Conference, New York, 2010.
New Researcher Price, Economic History Society, 2006.
2011 Economic History Yearbook nominee for the Fritz Thyssen price for social science articles.
GRANTS&SCHOLARSHIPS
Fritz Thyssen Travel Grant (€1,298), 2012.
DAAD Travel Grant (€1,779), 2012.
Marie Curie Fellowship Research Training Network “Unifying the European Experience,” (ca.
€25,000), 2006.
Graduate Scholarship, Deka-Bank, (€24,000), 2005-2004.
PUBLICATIONS
A. Refereed Publications
[1] Meulemann, Max, Martin Uebele and Bernd Wilfling (forthcoming): “The Restoration of the
Gold Standard after the US Civil War: A Volatility Analysis,” Journal of Financial Stability.
[2] Uebele, Martin (2013): “What drives commodity market integration? Evidence from the
1800s,” CESifo Economic Studies, 57(2), 412-442.
[3] Uebele, Martin (2011): “National and International Market Integration in the 19th Century:
Evidence from Comovement,” Explorations in Economic History, 48(2), 226-242.
[4] Uebele, Martin (2011): “Die Identifikation internationaler Konjunkturzyklen in
disaggregierten Daten: Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien, 1862-1913,” Economic
History Yearbook (Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte), 2011(1), 19-44.
[5] Sarferaz, Samad and Martin Uebele (2009): “Tracking Down Germany's Pre-World War I
Business Cycle: A Dynamic Factor Model for 1820-1913,” Explorations in Economic History,
46(3), 368-387.
[6] Ritschl, Albrecht and Martin Uebele (2009): “Stock Markets and the Business Cycle in
Germany Before World War I: Evidence from Spectral Analysis,” Journal of Macroeconomics,
31(1), 35-57.
B. Working Papers
[1] Uebele, Martin and Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán (2013): “Paving the way to modernity: Prussian
roads and grain market integration in Westphalia, 1821-1855,” mimeo, University of Groningen,
revise and resubmit at Scandinavian Economic History Review.
[2] Albers, Thilo and Martin Uebele (2013): “A Monthly International Dataset for the Interwar
Period: Taking the Debate to the Next Level,” Conference Paper, European Historical Economics
Society, London, 6-7 September 2013.
[3] Uebele, Martin and Tim Grünebaum (2013): “Food security, harvest shocks and the potato as
2 secondary crop in Saxony, 1792-1811,” GGDC Research Memorandum, University of
Groningen.
[4] Uebele, Martin, Tim Grünebaum and Michael Kopsidis (2013): “King's Law and Food
Storage in Saxony, c. 1790-1830,” CQE-Working Paper 26/2013, University of Münster.
[5] Sharp, Paul and Martin Uebele (2013): “Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Market
Integration in the United States: A Long Run Perspective,” Discussion Papers on Business and
Economics 10/2013, Southern University of Denmark.
[6] Ritschl, Albrecht, Samad Sarferaz and Martin Uebele (2008): “The U.S. Business Cycle,
1867-1995: A Dynamic Factor Approach,” CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7069 [Winner of the
Isaac Kerstenetzky Best Paper Award 2010, CIRET Conference, New York], revise and resubmit
at Review of Economics and Statistics.
[7] Pfister, Ulrich, Jana Riedel and Martin Uebele (2012): “Real Wages and the Origins of
Modern Economic Growth in Germany, Sixteenth to Nineteenth centuries,” EHES Working
Papers in Economic History No. 17, revise and resubmit at Explorations in Economic History.
[8] Uebele, Martin (2010): “Identifying International Business Cycles in Disaggregate Data:
Germany, France and Great Britain,” CQE-Working Paper 16/2010, University of Münster.
[9] Uebele, Martin (2010): “Demand Matters: German Wheat Market Integration 1806-1855 in a
European Context,” CQE-Working Paper 11/2010, University of Münster.
[10] Uebele, Martin (2009): “International and National Wheat Market Integration in the 19th
Century: A Comovement Analysis,” CQE-Working Paper 4/2009, University of Münster.
C. Manuscripts
[1] Pfister, Ulrich, Martin Uebele and Hakon Albers (2011): “The Great Moderation of Grain
Price Volatility: Market Integration vs. Climatic Change, Germany, Seventeenth to Nineteenth
Centuries,” Conference Paper presented at BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics,
Strasbourg, 13-14 May 2011.
[2] Ritschl, Albrecht, Samad Sarferaz and Martin Uebele (2008): “Output and Consumption in
the Global Business Cycle, 1870-2006: A Dynamic Factor Approach.”
D. Book Chapters
[1] Uebele, Martin, and Tim Grünebaum (forthcoming): “Food security, harvest shocks, and the
potato as secondary crop in Saxony, 1792-1811,” in Gert Kollmer-von Oheimb-Loup, Sibylle
Lehmann, Jochen Streb (Hg.): Chancen und Risiken internationaler Integration. Mikro- und
makroökonomische Folgen der Internationalisierung. Ostfildern, Jan Thorbecke Verlag.
[2] Martin Uebele (2011): “Deutsche Weizenpreise 1806-1855: eine Comovement-Analyse
nationaler und internationaler Marktintegration,” in: Walter, Rolf (Hrsg.): Geschichte der
Globalisierung, Erträge der 23. Arbeitstagung der Gesellschaft für Sozial- und
Wirtschaftsgeschichte vom 18. bis 21. März 2009 in Kiel, Steiner Verlag.
E. Book Reviews and Conference Reports
[1] Uebele, Martin (2013): “Review of Hans-Werner Hahn und Marko Kreutzmann (Hrsg.): 'Der
deutsche Zollverein. Ökonomie und Nation im 19. Jahrhundert,'” Neue Politische Literatur, 58
(1), 99-100.
3 [2] Uebele, Martin (2013): “Review of Werner Plumpe: 'Wirtschaftskrisen. Geschichte und
Gegenwart,'” Bankhistorisches Archiv, 38 (1).
[3] Uebele, Martin (2013): “Review of: Michael D., Bordo (Hg.): 'Credibility and the
International Monetary Regime. A Historical Perspective,'“ geschichte-transnational.clioonline.net, 23.02.2013.
[4] Uebele, Martin (2011): “Review of: Gabriele Lingelbach: 'Spenden und Sammeln. Der
westdeutsche Spendenmarkt bis in die 1980er Jahre, '“ Neue Politische Literatur, 56 (3), 523-524.
[5] Martin Uebele (2010): “Review of: Christian N. Wolz: 'Konflikte zwischen der Notenbank
und der Regierung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1956-1961,'“ H-Soz-u-Kult, 29.06.2010.
[6] Uebele, Martin (2010): “Review of Rainer Metz: 'Auf der Suche nach den Langen Wellen der
Konjunktur,'“ Neue Politische Literatur, 54 (3), 471-472.
[7] Uebele, Martin (2008): “Review of Markus Baltzer: 'Der Berliner Kapitalmarkt nach der
Reichsgründung 1871. Gründerzeit, internationale Finanzmarktintegration und der Einfluss der
Makroökonomie,'” Bankhistorisches Archiv, 34 (1).
[8] Kirsten Labuske, Sonja Rabus and Martin Uebele (2007): “Conference Report: Second
Conference on German Cliometrics,” Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2007 (1).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lectures
“Introductury Economics,” University of Groningen, spring 2013.
“Introduction to Non-Western History,” University of Groningen, spring 2013.
“Industrialization and Globalization,” University of Münster, winter 2012-13.
“History of Globalization Since 1850,” University of Münster, winter 2011-12.
“European Industrialization in a Global Perspective, 1000-1950,” University of Münster, summer
2011.
Seminars
“Non-Western Studies: Southeast and East Asia,” University of Groningen, spring 2013.
“Economic Growth during the European Industrialization, 1750-1950,” University of Münster,
summer 2011.
“Printing Money: Inflation, Real Economy and Monetary Policy in the 20th Century,” with U.
Pfister, University of Münster, winter 2010.
“The Wirtschaftswunder, 1948–1973: West-Germany and Japan in Comparison” with U.
Pfister, University of Münster, winter 2009.
“Two Systems: German Economic History, 1948-1989” with U. Pfister, University of Münster,
winter 2008.
Supplementary courses
“Quantitative methods for economic history,” taught twice a year for 12 weeks each, University
4 of Münster, winter 2007-winter 2012.
“Topics in economic history,” taught twice a year for 12 weeks each, University of Münster,
winter 2007-winter 2012.
“Introduction to Economics for Historians,” University of Münster, summer 2008 and 2009.
“World Economic History,” (in English) for Steve Broadberry, University of Warwick, winter
2006.
“Quantitative Economic History II,” (in English) for Albrecht Ritschl, Humboldt-University
Berlin, summer 2006.
Summer schools
Quantitative Economic History Summer School, Tsinghua University, Beijing, July 2013.
Quantitative Methods in Management Science (for U.S. business students), Münster,
June/July 2011.
European Science Foundation Economic History Summer School, Madrid, June 2010.
PROFICIENCIES
Languages (level of proficiency and years of study in highschool if applicable)
German (mother tongue), English (fluent, 8 years), Norwegian (fluent), French (good, 7
years), Spanish (basic, 3 years), Italian (basic), Mandarin (basic)
Software
Matlab, Stata, EViews, JMulTi, LaTeX, MS Office
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference organization
Organizer of session 171 “Solutions to poor national accounting data” at the World Economic
History Congress 2012 in Stellenbosch (South Africa).
Member of the scientific committee and co-organizer: “International Workshop on Economic History
of Globalization,” with Jeffrey Williamson and Cormac Ó Gráda (among others), October 2011,
Leuven (Belgium).
Member of the scientific committee and main organizer: “Münster FRESH (Frontier Research in
Economic and Social History) Meeting,” 15-16 March 2012, Münster (Germany).
Local organizing committee: “Financial Markets and financial regulation: Sources of Instability or
Growth? International Historical Perspectives,” pre-conference workshop for the World Economic
History Conference 2012 with Eugene White and Hugh Rockoff (among others), 12 April 2012,
Münster (Germany).
Editorial service
Member of the Editorial Board: European Review of Economic History, since 2010.
Referee for: Explorations in Economic History, European Review of Economic History,
5 Cliometrica, The Manchester School, Economic Systems, Economic History Review, Financial
History Review.
Referee for Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Papers presented – academic institutions
Copenhagen Business School, Research Seminar in Economics, December 2013.
University of Bonn, Research Seminar in Economics, November 2013.
University of Mannheim, Research Seminar in Economic History, February 2013.
Goethe-University Frankfurt, Research Seminar in Economics, April 2012.
University of Southern Denmark, Research Seminar in Economics, November 2011.
University of Groningen, Research Seminar in Economics, November 2011.
University of Kent, Research Seminar in Economics, November 2011.
New Economic School, Moscow, Departmental Seminar, May 2011.
University of York, CHERRY Economic History Seminar, November 2010.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Research, Research Seminar, November 2009.
Leibniz-Institut Halle (IAMO), Agricultural Economics Seminar, January 2009.
University of Copenhagen, Research Seminar in Economic History, October 2008.
London School of Economics and Political Science, Thesis Workshop, May 2008.
University of Oxford, Nuffield College, Thesis Workshop, February 2007.
University of Warwick, Economic History Seminar, November 2006.
Papers presented – conferences and workshops
Economic History Association Annual Meeting, 2013.
Asian Historical Economics Society Conference, Tokyo (Japan), September 2012.
Conference “The Great Divergence after Ten Years of Debate”, Beijing (P.R.C.), August
2012.
XVIth World Economic History Congress, Stellenbosch, (South Africa), July 2012.
Euro-Symposium, Bayreuth (Germany), January 2012.
Workshop on Economic History of Eastern Europe, Groningen (Netherlands), November 2011.
International Workshop on Economic History of Globalization, Leuven (Belgium), October
2011.
CESifo Conference on “Measuring Economic Integration,” Munich (Germany), March 2011.
FRESH-Meetings, Groningen 2012, Münster 2012, Beijing 2011, Madrid 2011.
Econometric Aspects of Price Transmission Analysis, Göttingen (Germany), August 2010.
European Historical Economics Society Conference, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005.
Economic History Society Annual Meeting, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006.
Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, 2013 (declined), 2010, 2008,
2007, 2006.
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Germany, 2012, 2009.
Cliometrics Annual Meeting, Tucson (USA), 2007.
ESF Global EuroNet Workshop, Zurich (Switzerland), April 2007.
The Berlin Colloquium, Berlin (Germany), 2006, 2005.
6 Affiliations
European Economic Association, Verein für Socialpolitik, Cliometric Society, Economic
History Association, European Historical Economics Society, American Economic
Association.
Service to the university
Teaching Assistant Representative in the Undergraduate Management Committee,
Department of Economics, University of Warwick, 2006.
Member of the Election Committee, Department of Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, 2005.
REFERENCES
Claude Diebolt
Professor of Economics
Bureau d'Écon. Théor. et Appl. (BETA)
Telephone:
+33-3-9024-2069
Université de Strasbourg
Fax:
+33-3-9024-2071
PEGE. 61, Aven. de la Forêt-Noire
E-mail:
cdiebolt@unistra.fr
67000 Strasbourg, France
Albrecht Ritschl
Professor of Economic History
Economic History Department
Telephone:
+44-20-7955-6482
London School of Economics
Fax:
+44-20-7955-7730
Clare Market Building, C415
E-mail:
a.o.ritschl@lse.ac.uk
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE, England
Stephen Broadberry
Professor of Economic History
Economic History Department
Telephone:
+44-20-7107-5350
London School of Economics
Fax:
+44-20-7955-7730
Clare Market Building, C320
E-mail:
s.n.broadberry@lse.ac.uk
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE, England
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