Institute

Chairs

	Prof. Dr. Lutz Bellmann Chair of Economics Labour Economics

 

	Prof. Dr. Thiess Büttner (Director) Chair of Economics Public Finance
	Research: empirical economic research, corporate taxation, tax competition, fiscal federalism, fiscal politics.

 

	Prof. Dr. Britta Gehrke Assistant Professor for Macroeconomics and Labor Market Research
	Research: Applied macroeconomics and macroeconometrics with a focus on labor markets.

 

	Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm Chair of Economics Economic Theory
	Research: Applied game theory, mechanism design, industrial organization, auction theory, market design, experimental economics, behavioural economics, energy markets.

 

	Prof. Dr. Ingo Klein Chair of Statistics and Econometrics
	Research: Theory of measurement and statistics, copulas with their applications in finance and marketing, inspection of robustness of statistical procedures and software reliability.

 

	Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin Chair of Economics, Discrete Optimization, Mathmatics
	Research: Lösung von gemischt-ganzzahligen Optimierungsproblemen mit Anwendungen in den Bereichen Transport und Logistik, Energie- und Finanzmanagement, Produktionsplanung und Netwerkdesign.

 

	Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl Chair of Economics Macroeconomics
	Research: Macroeconomics (especially monetary and fiscal politics), macroeconomic analysis of labor markets and the intersection of both fields.

 

	Prof. Dr. Johannes Rincke Chair of Economics Economic Policy
	Research: Financial economics, urban economics, political economics, law and economics.

 

	Prof. Regina T. Riphahn, Ph.D. Chair of Statistics and Empirical Economic Research
	Research: Research of the chair focuses on empirical education, labor market, personell, social policy as well as health economics.

 

	Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel Chair of Economics Labour Market and Regional Policy
	Research: Work councils and employer’s associations, wage policy, employee participation, Lohnbildung, wage differentials, labor market effects, labor law, monopsonies and entrepreneurship.

 

	Prof. Dr. Gesine Stephan (Contact) Chair of Economics Empirical Microeconomics

 

	Prof. Dr. Harald Tauchmann Professor for Health Economics
	Research: Health insurance choice and competition, economics of drug consumption, health care efficiency and incentives for health-conscious behavior.

 

	Prof. Dr. Verena Utikal Assistant Professor for Behavioral Economics
	Research: Experimental and behavioral Economics, social preferences, moral behavior.

 

	Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede Chair of Economics Social Politics
	Research: Social policy and public finance; linking social security, especially pension and health insurance, with demographic change; connection between family relation, social policy and labor markets.

 

	Prof. Dr. Gregor Zöttl Chair of Economics Industrial Organization and Energy Markets
	Research: Applied microeconomics, industrial economics with focus on partially regulated industries, environment and resource economics. One emphasis is put on energy markets.