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Volker Grzimek
Dr. Volker Grzimek
Associate Professor of Economics|Economics and Business
Volker Grzimek, Berea College
Contact
Office Location
Draper 121B
Office Hours
  • Monday and Wednesday 2:30 to 4pm
  • Tuesday and Thursday 5 to 6 pm
  • Also available by appointment
Class Schedules
  • ECO 102 A (Mon/Wed: 12:40 pm – 2:30 pm)
  • ECO 102 B (Mon/Wed: 4:00 pm – 5:50 pm)
  • ECO 250 (Tue/Thu: 1:00 pm – 2:50 pm)
  • ECO 410 (Thu: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Courses
  • ECO 102: Principles of Microeconomics
  • MAT 104: Statistics
  • ECO 250: Applied Statistics
  • ECO 286: Game Theory
  • ECO 286: Health Economics
  • ECO 286/386: Labor Economics
  • ECO 310: Research in Economics I
  • ECO 410: Research in Economics II
Bio

I was born in Sindelfingen, Germany and raised in Braunschweig and Metzingen, Germany. I lived in Italy for a year while serving in the German Air Force. I played team handball for UNC while in graduate school - we won the college nationals three times (2004-2006) during these years. I was the most valuable goalie in the 2004 finals. My concentrations in graduate school were labor and health economics. I have worked as a bar tender, mover, tutor, roadie, referee, newspaper boy, economist and professor. About 200 teddy bears decided to live at my place. I love electronic music. I speak German, English, Norwegian and Italian. I am still working on Swedish, Danish and Spanish. Time permitting, I try to solve killer sudokus. I drink about 2 liters of Coke Zero each day. At Berea I have taught Principles of Microeconomics, Applied Statistics, Labor Economics, Health Economics, Game Theory and the Junior/Senior Research Seminar.

Degrees
  • Ph.D., Economics, University of North Carolina, 2007
  • M.A., Economics, University of Tübingen, 1997
Publications & Works

  • PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

    Ostermann, J., Hair, N., Grzimek, V., Zheng, S., Gong, W., Whetten, K., & Thielman, N. (2023). How Poor Is Your Sample? A Simple Approach for Estimating the Relative Economic Status of Small and Nonrepresentative Samples. Global Health: Science and Practice, 11(2). doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00394

    Grzimek, V., Kinnamon, E., & Marks, M. (2019). Attitudes about classroom group work: How are they impacted by students’ past experiences and major? Journal of Education for Business, doi: 10.1080/08832323.2019.1699770

    Grzimek, V., Marks, M., & Kinnamon, E. (2014). Do Differences in GPA Impact Attitudes About Group Work? A Comparison of Business and Non-Business Majors. Journal of Education for Business, 89(5), 263-273. doi:10.1080/08832323.2013.872591

    WORKING PAPERS

    Grzimek, V., & Mayer-Fiedrich, M. D. (2020). Currency Carry Trades - Speculating against International Parity Conditions and the Risk of Exchange Rate Reversion [Working Paper]. https://doi.org/10.24405/9438, URL: https://openhsu.ub.hsu-hh.de/entities/publication/9438 

    Ostermann, J., Bellanger, M., Grzimek, V., Weinhold, A., Hobbie, A., Nemsia, H., Ricketts, T., & Hill, N. (2014), Evaluation of the Education Benefit Program of PNAFN in Tunisia, Evaluation Report for the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia and UNICEF, September 30, 2014. 

    Ostermann, J., Grzimek, V., Whetten, K., Taylor, DH., & Ricketts, TC. (2011) A Conceptual Framework for the Targeting and Evaluation of UNICEF-Supported Pro-Equity Programmes, Working paper prepared for the UNICEF Regional Office, MENA Region. October 6, 2011.

     

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