Angelika J. Budjan
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University of Stuttgart
Institute of Economics and Law
Keplerstraße 17
70174 Stuttgart
E-Mail: angelika@budjan.de
I am an Assistant Professor (untenured) at the Institute of Economics and Law at the University of Stuttgart and affiliated with the Political Economy of Global Development (PEGDev) Lab.
I earned my PhD from Heidelberg University. My dissertation was awarded the dissertation prize by the Heidelberg Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and the 1st prize for excellence in applied development research of the German Economics Association and the KfW Development Bank.
My research sits at the intersection of development economics, environmental economics, and urban economics. It has been published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Economic Journal, and the World Bank Economic Review. In my most recent work, I study how low-intensity urban floods affect household welfare.
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July 2027: The DFG decided to support my workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries, planned for May 2027 and co-organized with Manuela Fritz. Stay tuned for the CfP!
April 2026: Check out our new VoxDev article, where we explain how information campaigns can be made more effective!
Feb 2026: Our paper on perceived efficacy and strategic ignorance has been accepted for publication in The Economic Journal.
Jan 2026: Our paper on the consequences of an unexpectedly terminanted business loan program in South Sudan has been accepted by the World Bank Economic Review.
Nov 2025: My chapter with Axel Dreher on the political economy of emerging donors has been published in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice.