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Aksel Erbahar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. His research lies at the intersection of international trade and political economy, focusing on trade policy. He is particularly interested in how trade barriers shape global value chains and how lobbying and geopolitical shocks influence trade dynamics. Aksel has co-authored the World Bank’s Temporary Trade Barriers Database. He previously worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the UK Trade Remedies Authority, and served as a Visiting Fellow at the Asian Development Bank. At Erasmus School of Economics, he teaches courses in international trade policy to undergraduate and graduate students.
Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam, Netherlands
Teaching and conducting research in economics, particularly focusing on international trade and political economy.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.