Johannes Moenius Ph.D.
Professor; William R. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair of Spatial Economic Analysis and Regional Planning
School of Business & Society, Faculty Experts
Education
- Ph.D., economics, University of California, San Diego
- M.A., economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
- M.A., Diplom-Kaufmann, Bamberg University, Germany
Professional Background
Johannes Moenius is the William R. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair of Spatial Economic Analysis and Regional Planning and the director of International Business Initiatives at the University of Redlands School of Business & Society. He joined the faculty in fall 2005, where he teaches courses in international business. Before that, he taught at the Kellogg School of Management. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo. He is originally from Germany, where he studied management science at Bamberg University. Then he studied economics at the Technical University in Dresden, Queen's University, Canada, and University of California, San Diego, where he received his Ph.D.
Research Interests
In his research, he is interested in how domestic and international institutions affect international trade. Besides the effect of legal institutions on trade, he has written several papers on the effects of technical standards on trade flows and the dynamics of comparative advantage, for which he visualized his results in an online atlas using geographic information systems (GIS). He recently applied GIS to the analysis of the housing market in Southern California. He has also worked on the dynamics of network effects in platform technologies and competition between political parties. He has presented his work in more than 70 talks at universities, conferences, and government institutions. His work has appeared in The Review of Economics and Statistics, Japan and the World Economy, and the International Journal of Industrial Organization, among others.
Academic Experience
- Technical University of Dresden
- Kellogg School of Management
Consulting Experience
- McKinsey and Co. (summer associate)
- Finance Ministry of Saxony
Areas of Expertise
- Comparative advantage
- Cooperative strategy
- Institutions and international trade
- International business
- International location analysis
- Networks and network industries
- Standards, platforms, and network effects
- Standards in global economy
- Virtual reality and artificial intelligence
Publications
- Moenius, J., and V. Trindade. 2008. "Networks, Standards and Intellectual Property Rights." In Intellectual Property, Growth, and Trade, edited by Keith E. Maskus. Frontiers in Economic Research Series. Amsterdam: Elsevier-North Holland.
- Markovich, S., and J. Moenius. 2009. "Winning While Losing: Competition Dynamics in the Presence of Indirect Network Effects." International Journal of Industrial Organization 27 (3): 346–357.
- Moenius, J. 2007. "Do National Standards Hinder or Promote Trade in Electrical Products?" In International Standardization as a Strategic Tool, commended paper of the IEC Centennial Challenge. Geneva.
- Berkowitz, D., and J. Moenius. 2008. "Law, Trade, and the Asian Miracle." Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 15 (3): 291–316.
- Moenius, J., and Y. Kasuya. 2008. "The Nationalization of Party-Systems: Conceptual Issues and Alternative District-Focused Measures." Electoral Studies 27 (1): 126–135.
- Dudley, L., and J. Moenius. 2007. "The Great Realignment: How Factor-Biased Innovation Altered Comparative Advantage in the U.S. and Japan, 1970–1992." Japan and the World Economy 19 (1): 112–132.
- Berkowitz, D., J. Moenius, and K. Pistor. 2006. "Law, Trade and Product Complexity." Review of Economics and Statistics 88 (2): 363–373.
Presentations
- 2009: University of Missouri; Esri User Conference, San Diego; Esri Business GIS Summit, San Diego; EITI, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008: University of Redlands; Inland Empire Forecasting Conference, San Bernardino; Esri User Conference, San Diego; Esri Business GIS Summit, Chicago
- 2007: University of Redlands; EITI, Tokyo, Japan; Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
- 2006: University of Redlands; University of Montreal, Canada; IATRAC, Bonn, Germany; European Academy for Standardization Workshop, Hamburg, Germany; ESEM, Vienna, Austria; EIIE, Koper, Slovenia
- 2005: USDA, Washington; University of Redlands; Northwestern University, Evanston; Midwest Trade Meetings, Kansas; Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago; International Trade and Finance Association, Istanbul, Turkey; European Academy for Standardization Workshop, Tallinn, Estonia; Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Workshop, Mannheim, Germany; American Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago
- 2003: University of Notre Dame; University of Kiel, Germany; University of Colorado; Syracuse University; Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago; EIIT, Purdue University, West Lafayette; APEC Capacity Building Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand; American Political Science Association Meetings, Philadelphia; University of Virginia; University of Montreal, Canada; University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City; Purdue University
- 2002: University of Tokyo; Northwestern University, Evanston; Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago; CEPR-ERWIT, Munich, Germany; American Political Science Association, Boston; AEA, Atlanta
- 2001: Yokohama National University; University of Washington, Seattle; University of Tokyo; Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo
- 2000: University of Virginia; University of Pittsburgh; University of Montreal, Canada; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Kassel, Germany; University of Giessen, Germany; University of California, San Diego; University of California, Berkeley; Technical University of Dresden, Germany; Syracuse University; Rutgers University; Purdue University; Northwestern University; NBER Summer Workshop, Boston
Awards and Service
- Member of editorial board, Forum for Research in Empirical International Trade, 2006–present
- Associate editor at www.talkstandards.com, 2009–present
- Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Business, University of Redlands, 2007
- Finalist, best paper of the IEC Centennial Challenge, Geneva, 2007
- Finalist, Israel Strategy Conference Best Paper Award, 2009
- School of Business Research Grant, University of Redlands, September 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Kinship Foundation, Northwestern University, June 2001–August 2005
- Technical University of Dresden Research Fellowship, 1998–2000
- University of California, San Diego, Graduate Award, 1996–1999
- Queen's Graduate Scholarship, 1994–1995