Research

Research interests

Public goods, taxation, fiscal federalism

 

 

 

Publications

Books

  • Einnahmen- und Steuerpolitik in Europa: Herausforderungen und Chancen. 2009, Berlin: Peter Lang (editor, with K. A. Konrad)
  • Arbeitsverpflichtungen und ihre steuertheoretische Beurteilung. 2008, Wiesbaden: Gabler

Refereed Journals

  • Redistributional Consequences of Early Childhood Intervention. Forthcoming in: European Journal of Health Economics. (with P. F. Lutz & C. Thomann)
  • Public Self-Insurance and the Samaritan’s Dilemma in a Federation. Public Finance Review 41, 2013, pp. 92 – 120. (with J. R. Robeldo)
  • Self-Insurance and Self-Protection as Public Goods. Journal of Risk and Insurance 79, 2012, pp. 57 – 76. (with J. R. Robeldo & U. Schmidt)
  • Redistributional Consequences of Decentralizing the Tax-Transfer Scheme. Review of Economics 60, 2009, pp. 168 – 180.
  • Öffentliche Güter mit Versicherungscharakter. Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft Supplement, 2007, pp. 139 – 154. (with J. R. Robeldo & U. Schmidt)
  • Optimal Taxes and Transfers under Partial Information. Journal of Economics and Statistics 225, 2005, pp. 622 – 629. (with S. Homburg)

Applied Journals

  • Gendereffekte bei Risikoneigung und Lügen - Evidenz aus einem Compliance-Experiment. Forthcoming in: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (WiSt). (with S. Qari)
  • Zum optimalen Verhältnis von Sozialhilfe und Arbeitslosengeld II. ifo Dresden berichtet 13, 2006, S. 16 – 19
  • Virtuelle Eingliederungsarbeitsmärkte – Ein Weg aus der Arbeitslosigkeitsfalle. Wirtschaftsdienst 85, 2005, (with P. Lutz)
  • Die aktuellen Reformen der Sozialleistungen – Notwendigkeit, Konsequenzen und Beurteilung. Wirtschaftsdienst 84, 2004, S. 576 – 582

Contributions to Edited Volumes

  • Einnahmen- und Steuerpolitik in Europa: Herausforderungen und Chancen – Eine Einführung. In: K. A. Konrad and T. Lohse (eds.) Einnahmen- und Steuerpolitik in Europa: Herausforderungen und Chancen. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2009, S. 7 – 10 (with K. A. Konrad)
  • Die sozial- und arbeitsmarktpolitischen Reformen im Zuge von Hartz IV – Chancen auf mehr Beschäftigung? In: Deutscher Studienpreis (eds.) Mythos Markt? Die ökonomische, rechtliche und soziale Gestaltung der Arbeitswelt. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2006, S. 71 – 88

Current Working Papers

  • Deception detection and the role of self-selection. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 9384. (with Kai A. Konrad und Salmai Qari)
  • Customs Compliance and the Power of Imagination. CESifo Working Paper No. 3702. (with Kai A. Konrad und Salmai Qari)
  • Investments in the Human Capital of the Socially Disadvantaged Children – Effects on Redistribution. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2011–17. (with Peter F. Lutz and Christian Thomann)
  • Public Self-Insurance and the Samaritan’s Dilemma in a Federation. WZB Discussion Paper No. SP II 2012 - 103. (mit Julio R. Robledo)

Refereeing for    

  • FinanzArchiv, J. of Income Distribution, European J. of Health Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, Public Finance Review

 

 

Research visits

  • August 2012: Research Visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Departement of Public Economics) in Munich
  • March 2012: Research Visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Departement of Public Economics) in Munich
  • August / September 2011: Research Visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Departement of Public Economics) in Munich

 

 

Scientific Presentations

2012

  • CESifo Group Seminar, LMU Munich, 15 October
  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Göttingen, 10 September
  • International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden, 17 August
  • Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich, 4 July
  • Association for Public Economic Theory, Taipei/Taiwan, 12 June

2011

  • CESifo Workshop on Political Economy, Dresden, 2 December
  • Ulm University, 8 July
  • Journée Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Marseille/France, 21 June
  • Seminar of the Munich Experimental Laboratory for Economic and Social Sciences (MELESSA), LMU Munich, 15 February

2010

  • Berlin School of Economics and Law, 27 May

2009

  • University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 19 October

  • European Economic Association, Barcelona/Spain, 23 August

  • University of Magdeburg, Seminar of the Chair of Public Finance, Potsdam, 3 August

  • Association for Public Economic Theory, Galway/Ireland, 19 June

  • Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Conference „Frontiers in Public Finance“, Munich, 30 April

  • European Public Choice Society, Athens/Greece, 3 April

  • Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft, Berlin, 5 March (Discussant)

2008

  • CESifo Area Conference “Reform of the Welfare State”, Munich, 1 November (Discussant)

  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Graz/Austria, 26 September

  • European Economic Association, Milan/Italy, 31 August

  • Association for Public Economic Theory, Seoul/South Korea, 27 June

  • Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, 21 May

  • Royal Economic Society, Warwick/UK, 19 March

2007

  • Social Science Research Center Berlin, Berlin, 18 December

  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Munich, 11 October

  • International Institute of Public Finance, Warwick/UK, 27 August

  • Association for Public Economic Theory, Nashville/USA, 6 July

  • Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft, Stuttgart, 8 March

2006

  • Association of Southern European Economic Theorists, Lisboa/Portugal, 4 November

  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Bayreuth, 27 September

  • Association for Public Economic Theory, Hanoi/Vietnam, 2 August

2005

  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Bonn, 29 September

  • University of Hannover, Hannover, 20 April

2004

  • CESifo Area Conference “Employment and Social Protection”, Munich, 12 June (Discussant)