Davud Rostam-Afschar | Curriculum Vitae , August 13, 2020

Contact Universit¨atMannheim Information 68131 , T +49 711 459 22988 Í www.rostam-afschar.de B [email protected]

Academic Ph.D. in (Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude) Background Freie Universit¨atBerlin Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Viktor Steiner, Prof. Sir

Research Visits University of California, Berkeley (invited by Alan J. Auerbach) Johns Hopkins University (invited by Christopher D. Carroll)

Current Assistant professor (Akademischer Rat) Affiliations Collaborative Research Center (SFB/TRR 266) at Assistant professor (Akademischer Rat) Universit¨atStuttgart-

Publications I Refereed Publications

[8] Prettner, K., D. Rostam-Afschar (2020). ‘Can Taxes Raise Output and Reduce Inequality? The Case of Lobbying’, Scottish Journal of Political Economy. [7] Fossen, F., R. Rees, D. Rostam-Afschar, V. Steiner (2020). ‘The Effects of Taxation on Entrepreneurial Investment: A Puzzle?’, International Tax and Public Finance. [6] Rostam-Afschar, D., K. Strohmaier (2019). ‘Does Regulation Trade-Off Quality against Inequality? The Case of German Architects and Construction Engi- neers’, British Journal of Industrial Relations 57/4, 870–893. [5] Jessen, R., D. Rostam-Afschar, S. Schmitz (2017). ‘How Important is Precau- tionary Labour Supply?’, Oxford Economic Papers 70/3, 868–891. [4] Meissner, T., D. Rostam-Afschar (2017). ‘Learning Ricardian Equivalence’, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 82, 273–288. [3] Jessen, R., D. Rostam-Afschar, V. Steiner (2017). ‘Getting the Poor to Work: Three Welfare Increasing Reforms for a Busy Germany’, Public Finance Analysis 73/1, 1–41. Covered on Okonomenstimme¨ . [2] Rostam-Afschar, D. (2014). ‘Entry Regulation and Entrepreneurship: A Nat- ural Experiment in German Craftsmanship’, Empirical Economics 47/3, 1067–1101. Reprinted in Holtem¨oller,O. (ed.), How Can We Boost Competi- tion in the Services Sector?, 2017, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 89-133. Covered on Okonomenstimme¨ . [1] Fossen, F. M., D. Rostam-Afschar (2013). ‘Precautionary and Entrepreneurial Savings: New Evidence from German Households’, Oxford Bulletin of Eco- nomics and Statistics 75/4, 528–555.

1 II Current Research Papers

[2] Orland, A., D. Rostam-Afschar (2020). ‘Flexible Work Arrangements and Pre- cautionary Behavior: Theory and Experimental Evidence’, GLO Discussion Paper Series 493, Global Labor Organization (GLO). [1] Jessen, R., M. Metzing, D. Rostam-Afschar (2017). ‘Optimal Taxation under Different Concepts of Justness’, Discussion Paper 27-2017, Universitaet Hohen- heim, Department of Economics.

III Policy Reports

[2] Koumenta, M., M. Pagliero, D. Rostam-Afschar (2019). ‘Effects of Regulation on Service Quality: Evidence from Six European Cases’, Research Report, European Commission. [1] Rostam-Afschar, D. (2015). ‘Regulatory Effects of the Amendment to the HwO in 2004 in German Craftsmanship’, Research Report, European Commission.

IV Software Components

[1] Rostam-Afschar, D., R. Jessen (2014). ‘GRAPH3D: Stata Module to Draw Col- ored, Scalable, Rotatable 3D Plots’, Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics.

Editorial Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Business Venturing, Applied Eco- Service and nomics, Empirical Economics, German Economic Review, International Tax and Refereeing Public Finance, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Kyklos, Labour Economics, Mathematics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Risks, Small Business Economics, Social , Verein f¨urSocialpolitik Editorial Review Board, Small Business Economics Review Board, Journal of Risk and Financial Management

Recent Invited 03/2020 Presentations Navarra Center for International Development 11/2019 Banca d’Italia 11/2019 Oslo Fiscal Studies and Statistics Norway 10/2019 OECD 10/2019 University of Maastricht 04/2019 University of Basel 10/2018 Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis and Chicago 09/2018 University of California, Berkeley 09/2018 University of California, Berkeley 03/2018

2 Selected Project leader Research 280,000 Euro 05/2017 Grants/Funding (joint with Maria Koumenta, Mario Pagliero) European Commission (Directorate General Internal Market and Services)

15,000 Euro 5/2014 European Commission (Directorate General Internal Market and Services)

13,000 Euro 2018–2020 Grant for Establishing a Network for Junior Researchers Uni Hohenheim

Project team member Collaborative Research Center (SFB/TRR 266) 2020–2023

Awards and Teaching Award 2019 scholarships Ph.D. Fellowship 2011–2013 German National Academic Foundation Language course grant (Rome) 08/2012–09/2012

Scholarship 2009–2010 German National Academic Foundation Language course grant (Barcelona) 03/2010

Teaching Public Economics 5 lectures, 7 classes, 2 seminars Microeconometrics 2 lectures, 4 classes Macroeconomics 9 classes Microeconomics 4 classes

Other Activities Network for Junior Researchers NGE: Next Generation Economics since 10/2017

Leibniz Seminar on Labor Research (BeNA) 09/2011–08/2012

BeNA Lecture Series 04/2012

Computing Stata, Matlab, Mathematica, EViews, SAS, R, LATEX, Microsoft Office, and others C/C++, Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, PHP, others

Languages Professional level: German (mother tongue), English Basic proficiency: Farsi, Italian, Spanish

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