Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
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March 11, 1961  |  Heidelberg, Germany
 

Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. MA)  |  Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg  |  December 18, 1985
Doctor oec.publ. (equiv. Ph.D. in Economics)  |  Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich  |  June 20, 1990 
Doctor rer.pol.habil. and venia legendi in Economics  |  Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich  |  July 28, 1993
 

Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law and
Research Professor "The Future of Fiscal Federalism"
 

Research and Teaching Fellow  |  Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany  |  Mar. 1986 – Aug. 1990
Senior Lecturer  |  Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany  |  Sep. 1990 – Jun. 1994
Lecturer  |  Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, USA  |  Dec. 1990 – Dec. 1991
Full Professor of Economics  |  Institute of Public Finance, Free University of Berlin, Germany  |  Jul. 1994 – Jul. 2009
Professor (II) of Economics  |  University of Bergen, Norway  |  Aug. 1994 – Jul. 2000
Director  |  Unit Market Processes and Governance, Social Science Research Center (WZB), Germany  |  Jan. 2001 – Jul. 2009
 

University of Munich, prize for doctoral dissertation  |  1990
University of Munich, prize for habilitation thesis  |  1994
Research Fellowships NAVF, Norway  |  1990, 1992, 1994
Gossen-Prize 2000 of the German Economic Association  |  2000
 

Expert of the federal government for the international conference of the government "Progressive Governance for the 21st Century"  |  June 2-3, 2000, Berlin
Appointed expert for the commission of the parliament (Bundestag) and the upper chamber (Bundesrat) for modernisating fiscal relations within Germany  |  June 22, 2007, Berlin
Vice chairman of the Council of Scientific Advisors to the Ministry of Finance  |  2007-
 

CEPR Fellow  |  1994-
CESifo Fellow  |  1999-
IZA Fellow  |  1999-
International Affiliate, Center for the Study of Democracy at UCI  |  2003-
International Research Fellow, Oxford University Center for Business Taxation  |  2009-

Wissenschaftlicher Beirat beim Bundesministerium der Finanzen (Council of Scientific Advisors to the Ministry of Finance)  |  1999-

CESifo Area Coordinator, Research Area "Employment and Social Protection"  |  2004-

Learned Societies
      American Economic Association
      International Institute of Public Finance
      Verein für Socialpolitik, Council  |  elected member  |  1999-2002
 

Journal of Public Economics  |  Co-editor  |  7/2007-

CESifo Economic Studies  |  Associate Editor  |  2001-
Economic Policy  |  Managing Editor  |  1998-2000  ||  Panel Member  |  1998, 2001
Economics of Governance  |  Founding Co-editor  |  2000-2007  ||  Associate Editor  |  2007-
European Journal of Political Economy  |  Editorial Board  |  1997-1998, 2007-2009
Finanzwissenschaftliche Schriften (Peter Lang Verlag)  |  Co-editor  |  2002-
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory  |  Associate Editor  |  1995-
Journal of Conflict Resolution  |  Associate Editor  |  2010-
Journal of Population Economics  |  Associate Editor  |  2001- 
Journal of Public Economics  |  Associate Editor  |  2003-2007 
Regional Science and Urban Economics  |  Associate Editor  |  2005-
 

Self-enforcing norms and efficient non-cooperative collective action in the provision of public goods (with Wolfgang Leininger), Public Choice (forthcoming)

Love and taxes – and matching institutions (with Kjell Erik Lommerud), Canadian Journal of Economics (forthcoming)

Contests with stochastic abilities (with Dan Kovenock), Economic Inquiry, 48(1), 2010, 89-103
 

Competition for FDI with vintage investment and agglomeration advantages (with Dan Kovenock), Journal of International Economics, 79, 2009, 230-237

The alliance formation puzzle and capacity constraints (with Dan Kovenock), Economics Letters, 103(2), 2009, 84-86

Non-binding minimum taxes may foster tax competition, Economics Letters, 102(2), 2009, 109-111

Multi-battle contests (with Dan Kovenock), Games and Economic Behavior, 66, 2009, 256-274

Federalism, weak institutions and the competition for foreign direct investment (with Sebastian Kessing and Christos Kotsogiannis), International Tax and Public Finance, 16(1), 2009, 105-123
 

Books and other papers

Investing in regimes with stationary or roving bandits, in: Gregory D. Hess (ed.), Guns and Butter: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Conflict, 2009, MIT Press, 99-121

Strategy and Dynamics in Contests, 2009, Oxford University Press

Einnahmen- und Steuerpolitik in Europa: Herausforderungen und Chancen (co-edited with Tim Lohse), 2009, Peter Lang Verlag

Stellungnahme zur öffentlichen Anhörung zum Gesetzentwurf der Fraktionen der CDU/CSU und SPD für die Kommission von Bundestag und Bundesrat zur Modernisierung der Bund-Länder-Finanzbeziehungen, 4. Mai 2009
 

Mobile tax base as a global common, International Tax and Public Finance, 15(4), 2008, 395-414

Fragmented property rights and incentives for R&D (with Derek Clark), Management Science, 54(5), 2008, 969-981

Time consistency and bureaucratic budget competition (with Sebastian Kessing), Economic Journal, 118(January), 2008, 1-15
 

Books and other papers

Forty years of research on rent seeking: An overview (with Roger D. Congleton and Arye Hillman), in: Roger D. Congleton, Kai A. Konrad and Arye L. Hillman (eds.), 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2), 2008, Springer

40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) (co-edited with Roger D. Congleton and Arye L. Hillman), 2008, Springer

Verschuldungsautonomie und Schuldenselbstverantwortung, Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft, 91, 2008, 157-170

Föderalismusreform: Effizienz oder Verteilung?, Ifo-Schnelldienst, 61, 9/2008, 5-6

Mergers without cost advantages (with Steffen Huck and Wieland Müller), in: Wayne Dale Collins (ed.), Issues in Competition Law and Policy, 2008, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, 1575-1587

Föderalismuskommission II: Neuordnung von Autonomie und Verantwortung (co-edited with Beate Jochimsen), 2008, Peter Lang Verlag

Überlegungen zur "Goldenen Regel" zur Schuldenbegrenzung, in: Kai A. Konrad and Beate Jochimsen (eds.), Föderalismuskommission II: Neuordnung von Autonomie und Verantwortung, 2008, Peter Lang Verlag, 77-89
 

Journal articles

Succession rules and leadership rents (with Stergios Skaperdas), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 51, 2007, 622-645

Asymmetric conflict: Weakest link against best shot (with Derek J. Clark), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 51(3), 2007, 457-469

The generalized Stackelberg equilibrium of the all-pay auction with complete information (with Wolfgang Leininger), Review of Economic Design, 11(2), 2007, 165-174

Foreign direct investment and the dark side of decentralisation (with Sebastian Kessing and Christos Kotsogiannis), Economic Policy, 49, 2007, 5-70 

Contests with multi-tasking (with Derek J. Clark), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 109(2), 2007, 303-319 

The merger paradox and why aspiration levels let it fail in the laboratory (with Steffen Huck, Hans-Theo Normann and Wieland Müller), Economic Journal, 117(522), 2007, 1073-1095
 

Books and other papers

Vorschläge zur wirksamen Verschuldungsbegrenzung der Länder, Wirtschaftdienst, 87(9), 2007, 581-585

Institutions and Norms in Economic Development (co-edited with Mark Gradstein), 2007, MIT Press

The development puzzle (with Mark Gradstein), in: Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad (eds.), Institutions and Norms in Economic Development, 2007, MIT Press, 3-18

Der Föderalstaat nach dem Berlin-Urteil (co-edited with Beate Jochimsen), 2007, Peter Lang Verlag

Ein Ausweg aus der bundesstaatlichen Haftungsverflechtung, in: Kai A. Konrad and Beate Jochimsen (eds.), Der Föderalstaat nach dem Berlin-Urteil, 2007, Peter Lang Verlag, 155-169
 

Journal articles

Federal tax autonomy and the limits of cooperation (with Sebastian Kessing and Christos Kotsogiannis), Journal of Urban Economics, 59, 2006, 317-329 

Silent interests and all pay auctions, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24, 2006, 701-713 

Education, redistributive taxation and confidence (with Amedeo Spadaro), Journal of Public Economics, 90, 2006, 171-188 

Union strategy and optimal direct taxation (with Sebastian G. Kessing), Journal of Public Economics, 90(2), 2006, 393-402 
 

Books and other papers 

Finanzkrise im Bundesstaat (co-edited with Beate Jochimsen), 2006, Peter Lang Verlag, 2. Auflage 2007

Anreize statt Haushaltsnotlagen (with Beate Jochimsen), in: Kai A. Konrad and Beate Jochimsen (eds.), Finanzkrise im Bundesstaat, 2006, Peter Lang Verlag, 11-28

Re-regulierung der liberalisierten Energiemärkte in Europa, Koreferat zum Referat C.C. von Weizäcker, in: Wolfgang Franz,Hans Jürgen Ramser and Manfrad Stadler (eds.), Umwelt und Energie, Mohr Siebeck, 2006, 285-289

Wann sind öffentliche Haushalte überschuldet, und wie lassen sich Haushaltsnotlagen bewältigen? (with Beate Jochimsen), Orientierungen zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspoltik, 108, Juni 2006, 12-16
 

Journal articles

Moral cost, commitment, and committee size (with Steffen Huck), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 161(4), 2005, 575-588

Easy targets and the timing of conflict (with Helmut Bester), Journal of Theoretical Politics, 17(2), 2005, 199-215 
 

Books and other papers 

Bildung, Besteuerung und internationale Mobilität (with Frederik Andersson), in: Ulrich Becker and Wolfgang Schön (eds.), Steuer- und Sozialstaat im europäischen Systemwettbewerb, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2005, 75-92

Zur Berücksichtigung von Kindern bei umlagefinanzierter Alterssicherung (with Wolfram Richter), Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 6(1), 2005, 115-130

Konjunkturpolitik kann Strukturpolitik nicht ersetzen (with Sebastian G. Kessing), WeltTrends ,47, Bd. 13, 2005, 111-114
 

Journal articles

Bidding in hierarchies, European Economic Review, 48, 2004, 1301-1308  

The investment problem in terrorism, Economica, 71(283), August 2004, 449-459 

Delegation in first-price all-pay auctions (with  Wolfgang Peters and Karl Wärneryd), Managerial and Decision Economics, 25(5), 2004, 283-290  

Merger profitability and trade policy (with Steffen Huck), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106(1), 2004, 107-122  

Inverse campaigning, Economic Journal, 114(492), 2004, 69-82 

Delay in contests (with Helmut Bester), European Economic Review, 48, 2004, 1169-1178 

Profitable horizontal mergers without cost advantages: The role of internal organization, information and market structure (with Steffen Huck and Wieland Müller), Economica, 71, 2004, 575-587 

Altruism and envy in contests: an evolutionary stable symbiosis, Social Choice and Welfare, 22, 2004, 479-490 
 

Books and other papers 

Mobilität in mehrstufigen Ausbildungsturnieren, in: Wolfgang Franz, Hans Jürgen Ramser and Manfred Stadler (eds.), Bildung, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2004, 67-81

Kein Konsens für das Klima, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft & Wissenschaft, 3/2004, 38-39
 

Journal articles

Strategic trade policy and the home bias in firm ownership structure (with Steffen Huck), Japan and the World Economy, 15(3), 2003, 299-305 

Human capital investment and globalization in extortionary states (with Fredrik Andersson), Journal of Public Economics, 87/7-8, 2003, 1539-1555 
 

Books and other papers

Kai A. Konrad and Amihai Glazer (eds.), Conflict and Governance, 2003, Springer

The wide importance of conflict (with Amihai Glazer), in: Amihai Glazer and Kai A. Konrad (eds.), Conflict and Governance, Springer-Verlag, 2003, 2-6

Soll Europa mit einer Stimme sprechen? in: Klaus Adam and Wolfgang Franz (eds.), Instrumente der Finanzpolitik, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Frankfurt, 2003, 156-164

Taxation and education investment in the tertiary sector (with Fredrik Andersson), in: Torben Andersen and Per Molander (eds.), Alternatives for Welfare Policy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 311-333. Schwedische Übersetzung: Beskattning och inveteringar i högre utbilding (with Fredrik Andersson), in: Per Molander and Torben M. Andersen (eds.), Alternativ i Välfärdspolitiken, 2002, 181-195

Fiscal federalism and risk sharing in Germany: the role of size differences (with Helmut Seitz), in: Sijbren Cnossen and Hans-Werner Sinn (eds.), Public Finance and Public Policy in the New Century, MIT Press, 2003, 469-489

Sufficient consensus (comment), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 159, 2003, 225-228

Europäische Verfassungsreform: Wider ein Zuviel an Entscheidungskompetenzen, in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Reformen – jetzt! So geht es mit Deutschland wieder aufwärts, Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler, 2003, 161-169

Bürgerversicherung nicht sinnvoll. Zur Finanzreform der GKV, WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 102, 2003,
10-12
 

Journal articles

Geography of the family (with Harald Künemund, Kjell Erik Lommmerud and Julio Robledo), American Economic Review, 92(4), 2002, 981-998 

Investment in the absence of property rights: the role of incumbency advantages, European Economic Review, 46(8), 2002, 1521-1537 
 

Books and other papers 

Reform of the public pension system in Germany (with Gert Wagner), in: Toshihiro Ihori and Toshiaki Tachibanaki (eds.), Social Security Reform in Advanced Countries, Routledge, 2002, 188-205

Unternehmensfusionen und strategische Außenhandelspolitik (with Steffen Huck), in: Wolfgang Franz, Hans-Jürgen Ramser and Manfred Stadler, Fusionen, Mohr-Siebeck, 2002, 181-199

Comment on: Anatomy of employment growth, Economic Policy, 17(34), 2002, 106-108

Human capital and the "New Enterprise", in: Gerhard Schröder (ed.), Progressive Governance for the XXI Century, C.H. Beck, 2002, 171-180
 

Journal articles

Big fish eat small fish: On merger in Stackelberg markets (with Steffen Huck and Wieland Müller), Economics Letters, 73(2), 2001, 213-217  

Divisionalization in contests (with Steffen Huck and Wieland Müller), Economics Letters, 70(1), 2001, 89-93 

Privacy, time consistent optimal labor income taxation and education policy, Journal of Public Economics, 79(3), 2001, 503-519   

Orchestrating rent seeking contests (with Mark Gradstein), Economic Journal, 109 (no. 458), 1999 (October), 536-545. Reprinted in: A. Lockard and G. Tullock (ed.), 2001, Efficient Rent Seeking, Boston, Kluwer  

Foreign direct investment, intra-firm trade and ownership structure (with Kjell Erik Lommerud), European Economic Review, 45, 2001, 475-494 
 

Books and other papers

Besteuerung und Humankapitalinvestitionen im tertiären Bildungssektor, in: Lars-Hendrik Röller and Christian Wey (eds.), Die Soziale Marktwirtschaft in der neuen Weltwirtschaft, Jahrbuch 2001, edition sigma, 91-107

Comment on: The political economy of direct legislation: direct democracy and local decision making, Economic Policy, 33, 2001, 363-364
 

Journal articles

Sabotage in Rent-seeking contests, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 16(1), 2000, 155-165   

The bargaining family revisited (with Kjell Erik Lommerud), Canadian Journal of Economics, 33(2), 2000, 471-487   

Trade contests, Journal of International Economics, 51(2), 2000, 317-334   

Spatial contests, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 18(6), 2000, 965-974 
 

Books and other papers

Risiko und Steuern (with Wolfgang Buchholz), in: Norbert Andel (ed.), Probleme der Besteuerung III, Duncker und Humblot, Berlin, 2000, 63-139

Korreferat zu "Chancengleichheitspolitik" von H.P.Grüner, in: Wolfgang Franz, Helmut Hesse, Hans Jürgen Ramser and Manfred Stadler (eds.), Ökonomische Analyse von Verträgen, Mohr Siebeck, 2000, 361-366

Editors' introduction (with Amihai Glazer), Economics of Governance, 1(1), 2000, 1-2