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My name is Kevin Piehl and I am an
experimental innovation economist.
With my research, I aim to combine research questions from innovation economics with
the methods of experimental and behavioral economics. I am interested in
innovation-related topics like how to design incentives to foster innovation, or
what determines how R&D projects are selected or how venture capitalists decide on
their investments. By creating experimental setups that create
causal insights, I thrive to enrich
the existing innovation economics literature. |
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Currently, I am a PhD student at
the Leibniz University Hanover at the
Institute of Innovation Economics.
During my doctoral program, I completed courses on experimental and innovation
economics but also on further methodological topics like machine learning or
theoretical reasoning. Before that, I have obtained my Bachelor's and
Master's degree
in business administration and economics at the Leibniz University Hanover. |
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My fascination for innovation
started at the end of my Bachelor's studies when I was inspired by a course on
economic growth and development. Thus, I started to work as a
student assistant at the Institute
of Macroeconomics to gain first insights into working academically. This was also
the starting point to learn coding:
first, I learned R but from that day onwards, I learned also how to use Stata,
Python, and Matlab, but also html (if you consider it coding) and JS as you see on
this self-developed web page, just to name some. |
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In my free time, I am a passionate
judoka where I have just obtained my third black belt (3rd Dan). While still
fighting occasionally at tournaments, I quickly switched sides and started at the
age of 14 as an assistant coach. Some years later, I had my
own training groups at up to three clubs simultaneously. In addition, I started my
career as a judo referee where I
currently have a licence that allows me to judge fights up to the
2nd German Bundesliga. Combining
both, I am also currently the refereeing commissioner in Hanover where I supervise
other referees and help them to improving their decisions. |
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There is much more to discover on this page!
Please take a look around to find out more about myself and what I am doing.
And if there is any question left, feel free to reach out:
Kevin Piehl
Institute of Innovation Economics
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hanover
Königsworther Platz 1
30167 Hannover
piehl@inec.uni-hannover.de
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