Biography

Torsten Heinrich studied economics at the Dresden University of Technology, Germany, and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. He received his PhD from the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, in 2011 with a thesis on technological change and growth patterns with network effects. Having held a post-doc position at the University of Bremen until 2016, he joined INET Oxford in October 2016 as a Postdoctoral Researcher. In 2019, he moved to the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change (OMPTEC) of the Oxford Martin School and became an Associate Fellow of INET Oxford. Since 2020, he holds the chair for microeconomics at Chemnitz University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany. His research interests include agent-based modeling, economic complexity, technological change, industrial dynamics, and game theory.

Recent Publications

Jun 2024
Journal
Measuring productivity dispersion: a parametric approach using the Lévy alpha-stable distribution
in Industrial and Corporate Change
Jangho Yang ,  Torsten Heinrich ,  Julian Winkler ,  François Lafond ,  Pantelis Koutroumpis ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Jun 2023
Journal
Best-response dynamics, playing sequences, and convergence to equilibrium in random games
in International Journal of Game Theory
Torsten Heinrich ,  Yoojin Yang ,  Luca Mungo ,  Marco Pangallo ,  Alex Scott ,  Bassel Tarbush ,  Samuel Wiese
Jan 2023
Working Paper
Innovation in times of Covid-19
Torsten Heinrich ,  Jangho Yang
Apr 2022
INET Working Paper
No. 2019-14 - Measuring productivity dispersion: a parametric approach using the Lévy alpha-stable distribution
Jangho Yang ,  Torsten Heinrich ,  Julian Winkler ,  François Lafond ,  Pantelis Koutroumpis ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Oct 2021
Journal
The Frequency of Convergent Games under Best-Response Dynamics
in Dynamic Games and Applications
Samuel C. Wiese ,  Torsten Heinrich
Sept 2021
Journal
Levels of structural change: An analysis of China’s development push 1998-2014
in Journal of Evolutionary Economics
Shuanping Dai ,  Jangho Yang ,  Torsten Heinrich
Mar 2021
Journal
A simulation of the insurance industry: the problem of risk model homogeneity
in Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination
Torsten Heinrich ,  Juan Sabuco ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Nov 2020
INET Working Paper
Feb 2019
Journal
Best reply structure and equilibrium convergence in generic games
in Science Advances
Marco Pangallo ,  Torsten Heinrich ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Mar 2018
INET Working Paper
No. 2017-07 - Best reply structure and equilibrium convergence in generic games
J. Doyne Farmer ,  Marco Pangallo ,  Torsten Heinrich
Sept 2017
Journal
ABCE: A Python Library for Economic Agent-Based Modeling
J. Doyne Farmer ,  Torsten Heinrich ,  Davoud Taghawi-Nejad ,  Rudy H. Tanin ,  Adrián Carro ,  Juan Sabuco ,  Mika J. Straka ,  R. Maria del Rio-Chanona

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