Curriculum Vitae

Professor Dr. Andreas Irmen University of Luxembourg

Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREA)

162a, avenue de la Faïencerie L - 1511 Luxembourg Tel.: ++352 - 46 66 44 61 19 Fax.: ++352 - 46 66 44 63 41

E-mail: [email protected]

http://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea /people/andreas_irmen

http://ideas.repec.org/e/pir7.html

CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Position Professor of Macroeconomics and Applied Microeconomics (since September 2010)

Affiliations CESifo Research Network Fellow, CESifo, Munich – Macro, Money, and International Finance - since October 2005

Committee of Macroeconomists of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) - since June 2001

Research Interests Dynamic Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Population Economics

Citizenship German

Languages German: mother tongue English: fluent in speech and writing French: fluent in speech and writing 2

EDUCATION

July 02 Habilitation (Postdoctoral Degree), University of Mannheim, Germany

Postdoctoral Dissertation: "Essays on the Theory of Economic Growth" (Advisor: Martin Hellwig)

Jan. 96 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Dissertation: "Essays on Product Differentiation and Market Structure” (Advisor: Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg)

Oct. 93 Master's Degree in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Aug. 91 Diplom-Volkswirt (Diploma in Economics), University of Constance, Germany

Oct. 86 - June 89 Studies in Economics, Business Administration, Philosophy, and English at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (ESCAE), Marseille, France, Kingston Polytechnic, London, Great Britain, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

June 03 Best Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany

Nov. 01 - Sept. 02 Scholarship, German Science Foundation (DFG - Forschungs- stipendium)

Oct. 97 - Oct. 01 Research Fellowship, German Science Foundation (DFG), for the Program “Industrial Organization and Input Markets”, ("Industrieökonomik und Inputmärkte")

Jan. 97 Selected Participant of the Econometric Society Winter Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal

Oct. 96 Prix "Suisse Assurance", Academic Award for Ph.D.-Dissertation, granted by the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

June 95 Summer School, European Economic Association, Florence, Italy

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

April 2014 Visiting Professor, Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d’Aix Marseille (Greqam), University of Aix- Marseille, France

Oct. 06 - Aug. 10 Professor of Economics, Chair of Economic Policy (Macroeconomics), University of Heidelberg, Germany

July 09 - Aug. 10 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany

July 09 - June 10 Managing Director, Department of Economics (Alfred-Weber- Institute), University of Heidelberg, Germany

Dec. 06 - June 09 Director, Department of Economics (Alfred-Weber-Institute), University of Heidelberg, Germany

Sept. 08 - May 09 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA

Feb. 05 - Jan. 09 Research Affiliate in the Economic History Initiative of the CEPR, London, Great Britain

Nov. 99 - Jan. 09 Research Affiliate in the Industrial Organization Programme of the CEPR, London, Great Britain

Feb. 08 Visiting Professor, University of Constance, Germany

March 05 - Sept. 06 Professor of Economics, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy

June 05 - July 05 Visiting Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany

April 05 Visiting Scholar, CESifo, University of Munich, Germany

Oct. 04 - Feb. 05 Associate Professor (C2), University of Mannheim, Germany; Visiting Professor, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy

Oct. 02 - Sept. 04 Temporary Professor of Economics (Macroeconomics and Economic Policy), University of Mannheim, Germany

March 03 / Visiting Professor, ESCEM, School of Business and Management, March 04 Poitiers, France

Sept. 01 - Aug. 02 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

July 00 Visiting Scholar, Carl Melchior Minerva Center for Macro- economics and Growth, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Feb. 00 - April 00 Visiting Lecturer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Oct. 97 - Oct. 01 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany

Oct. 96 - Sept. 97 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Oct. 91 - Sept. 96 Teaching Assistant, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Nov. 88 - April 91 Research Assistant, University of Constance, Germany

PREVIOUS NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Oct. 91 - Oct. 94 Staff Instructor, Crédit Suisse Bank, Lausanne, Switzerland

Feb. 90 - March 90 Royal Court Theatre, London, Great Britain, Intern, Marketing and Finance Department

March 88 - April 88 Deutsche Bank, London, Great Britain, Intern, Various Departments

Aug. 87 - Sept. 87 Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany, Intern, Credit Department

July 85 - Sept. 86 Military Service, Saxophone player in a music corps, Luftwaffenmusikkorps 3, Münster, Germany

Aug. 83 - June 85 Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany, Vocational Training in Banking

REFERENCE

Professor Martin Hellwig, Ph.D. Max-Planck-Institut Tel: 49-228-91416-22 zur Erforschung öffentlicher Güter Fax: 49-228-91416-21 Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 10 E-mail: [email protected] D-53113 Bonn

Luxembourg, September 2014

PUBLICATIONS

Research Papers in Refereed Journals

1. "Real Factor Prices and Factor-Augmenting Technical Change", The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 14, 661-687

2. "Population, Pensions, and Endogenous Economic Growth", Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 46, 50-72, 2014 (with Burkhard Heer)

3. "Property Rights, Public Enforcement, and Growth", Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 116, 3, 797-819, 2014 (with Johanna Kuehnel)

4. "Adjustment Costs in a Variant of Uzawa’s Steady-State Growth Theorem", Economics Bulletin, vol. 33, 4, 2860-2873, 2013

5. "Steady-State Growth and the Elasticity of Substitution", Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 35, 1215-1228, 2011

6. "Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth", Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 23, 692-733, 2009 (with Johanna Kuehnel)

7. "Factor Substitution, Income Distribution, and Growth in a Generalized Neoclassical Growth Model", German Economic Review, vol. 10, 464-479, 2009 (with Rainer Klump)

8. "Frictional Unemployment, Labor Market Institutions, and Endogenous Economic Growth", Economics Bulletin, vol.29 (2), 1128-1139, 2009

9. "On Wage Policies and Unemployment", The Open Economics Journal, vol. 2, 39-44, 2009

10. "Neoclassical Growth and the “Trivial” Steady State", Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 30, 1097-1103, 2008 (with Hendrik Hakenes)

11. "On the Long-Run Evolution of Technological Knowledge", Economic Theory, vol. 30, 171-180, 2007 (with Hendrik Hakenes)

12. "National Minimum Wages, Capital Mobility, and Global Economic Growth", Economics Letters, vol. 90, 285-289, 2006 (with Berthold Wigger)

13. "Extensive and Intensive Growth in a Neoclassical Framework", Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 29, 1427-1448, 2005

14. "Shopping Hours and Price Competition", European Economic Review, vol. 49, 1105-1124, 2005 (with Roman Inderst)

15. "Malthus and Solow - A Note on Closed-Form Solutions", Economics Bulletin, vol. 10, No. 6, 1-6, 2004

16. "Trade-Union Objectives and Economic Growth", FinanzArchiv, vol. 59, 49-67, 2003 (with Berthold Wigger)

17. "Endogenous Technical Change in a Competitive Economy", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 101, 1-39, 2001 (with Martin Hellwig)

18. "Attribute Dependence and the Provision of Quality", Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 31, 547-569, 2001 (with Hans Degryse)

19. "On the Incentives to Provide Fuel-Efficient Automobiles", Journal of Economics, vol. 73, 149-165, 2001 (with Hans Degryse)

20. "Competition in Multi-Characteristics Spaces: Hotelling was Almost Right", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 78, 76-102, 1998 (with Jacques-François Thisse)

21. "Precommitment in Competing Vertical Chains", Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 12, 333-359, 1998

22. "Mark-up Pricing and Bilateral Monopoly", Economics Letters, vol. 54, 179- 184, 1997

23. ''Note on Duopolistic Vertical Restraints'', European Economic Review, vol. 41, 1559-1567, 1997

Comments in Refereed Journals

24. "On the Openness to Trade as a Determinant of the Macroeconomic Elasticity of Substitution - A Comment on Saam (2007)", Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 30, 703-706, 2008

Research Papers in Edited Volumes

25. "Ist Wirtschaftswachstum systemimmanent? (Is Economic Growth inherent to the System?)", in: Wachowiak, M., Kiełczewski, D., and Diefenbacher, H. (2011), “Nachhaltiger Konsum? Die Entwicklung des Verbraucherverhaltens

in den letzten 30 Jahren in Polen und in Deutschland“, Heidelberg, FEST, 21- 40

26. "Population, Specialized Occupations, and Semi-Endogenous Growth'', in: O'Connor, A. (2010), "Managing, Trade, Economies and International Business", Palgrave Macmillan, 3-18

27. "Growth and Gains from Specialization - Solow Meets Smith and Young'', in: ElShagi, M., Rübel, G. (2005), ''Aspects of International Economics,'' Festschrift in Honor of Professor Jürgen Schröder, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 65-74

Pedagogical Contributions (in German)

28. "Beschäftigungswirkungen verringerter Sozialleistungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt'', Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium – WiST, vol. 40, 578- 584, 2011 (with Christoph Lipponer)

COMPLETED RESEARCH PAPERS

29. "Endogenous Capital- and Labor-Augmenting Technical Change in the Neoclassical Growth Model" (with Amer Tabaković), mimeo, University of Luxembourg, July 2014

30. "A Generalized Steady-State Growth Theorem", CREA Discussion Paper 26- 2013, University of Luxembourg, November 2013

31. "Capital- and Labor-Saving Technical Change in an Aging Economy", CREA, Discussion Paper 27-2013, University of Luxembourg, November 2013

32. "Tasks, Technology, and Factor Prices in the Neoclassical Production Sector", mimeo, University of Luxembourg, June 2012

33. "Endogenous Task-Based Technical Change - Factor Scarcity and Factor Prices -", mimeo University of Luxembourg, November 2012

34. "Population Aging and the Direction of Technical Change", CESifo Working Paper No. 2888, December 2009

35. "Cross-Country Income Differences and Technology Diffusion in a Competitive World", CESifo Working Paper, Series No. 2504, December 2008

36. "Long-Run Growth and the Evolution of Technological Knowledge", University of Heidelberg, Discussion Paper Series No. 438, March 2007 (with Hendrik Hakenes)

37. "Wage Growth, Productivity Growth, and the Evolution of Employment", Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Discussion Paper, No. 2927, 2001 (with Martin Hellwig)

38. "On the Growth Effects of the Elasticity of Substitution", mimeo, October 2000, University of Mannheim

WORK IN PROGRESS

39. "Public Policy and the Direction of Technical Change"

UNPUBLISHED WORK

40. Habilitation, "Essays on the Theory of Economic Growth", University of Mannheim, Germany, January 2002

41. Ph.D.-Dissertation, "Essays on Product Differentiation and Market Structure", University of Lausanne, Switzerland, January 1996

42. ''Exclusive Dealing and Horizontal Product Differentiation''; Master's Thesis No. 44, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, October 1993

43. "Behavioral Anomalies - Implications for Economics", (''Verhaltensanomalien - Ihre Bedeutung für die Wirtschaftswissenschaft''), Diploma Thesis, University of Constance, Germany, August 1991

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

LECTURES

Undergraduate Teaching

1. Introduction to Economics - Macroeconomics and International Trade 2. Intermediate Macroeconomics 3. Economic Growth 4. Macroeconomic Policy 5. International Trade 6. Intermediate Microeconomics 7. Game Theory

Graduate Courses (Master Program or equivalent)

1. Advanced Macroeconomics (Master) 2. International Macroeconomics 3. Overlapping Generations (Master) 4. Population Economics (Master) 5. Endogenous Growth Theory (Master) 6. Industrial Organization 7. Advanced Microeconomics 8. Intermediate Microeconomics (Master of Banking and Finance) 9. General Equilibrium Theory

Ph.D. Courses

1. Advanced Macroeconomics (Ph.D.) 2. Endogenous Growth Theory (Ph.D.) 3. Advanced Topics in the Theory of Economic Growth

SEMINARS

1. Dynamic Macroeconomics 2. The Theory and Policy of Economic Growth 3. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 4. Development Economics 5. Population, Technology, and Economic Growth 6. Unemployment in Dynamic Open Economies

TEACHING OUTSIDE ACADEMIA

1. Money and Banking, Staff Instructor; Crédit Suisse Bank, Lausanne, Switzerland

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

CURRENT SUPERVISION OF PH.D. – DISSERTATIONS since May 11 Amer Tabaković (University of Luxembourg) since June 14 Marion Davin (Université Aix-Marseille, Faculté d’Economie et de Gestion), “Essais en macroéconomie théorique sur éducation" (External Expert - Suffragant)

COMPLETED SUPERVISION OF PH.D. - DISSERTATIONS

May 2011 Johanna Kuehnel (University of Heidelberg), “Essays on the Theory of Productive Government Activity and Economic Growth” (Supervisor – Dissertation awarded the Ruprecht-Karls-Prize for the best dissertation at the University of Heidelberg in 2011)

July 2010 Edgar Vogel (University of Mannheim), “Human Capital Investment and Population Dynamics” (Co-supervisor)

Dec. 2009 Thushyanthan Baskaran (University of Heidelberg), “Fiscal Decen- talization and Fiscal Policy: An Economic Analysis” (Co-supervisor)

Jan 2007 Maik Timo Schneider, University of Heidelberg, “Knowledge Codification and Endogenous Growth Theory” (Co-supervisor)

Nov. 2003 David-Pascal Dion (Universitè Paris IX Dauphine, France), “Integration Regionale et Developpement Economique" (External Expert - Suffragant)

SUPERVISION OF POST– DOCTORAL PH.D. –DISSERTATIONS (“HABILITATION”)

Sept. 2008 Dr. Jan Schnellenbach (University of Heidelberg) “Papers on Public Economics and Economic Policy” (Co-supervisor)

July 2010 Dr. Friedrich Heinemann (University of Heidelberg) “Papers on Empi- rical Public Finance” (Co-supervisor)

REFEREE FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS

American Economic Review (3), B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Eastern Economic Journal, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters (2), Economic Theory (2), European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, German Economic Review (2), International Journal of Industrial Organization (3), International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth (9), Journal of Economics (3), Journal of Macroeconomics (4), Journal of the European Economic Association (2), Journal of Economic Theory (3), Journal of Industrial Economics (2), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2), Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Labour, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Mathematical Social Sciences, Metroeconomica, Rand Journal, Regional Science and Urban Economics (5), Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal, The Economics of Transition (total 64)

REFEREE FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

Centre for European Economic Research (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung ZEW), Mannheim, Germany; German Science Foundation (DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Bonn, Germany; German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Bonn, Germany; Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland (2); University of Bonn, Germany; University of Konstanz, Germany; Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China; Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium (total 10)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) 2001, Magdeburg, Germany

MEMBER OF PROGRAM COMMITTEES

2009 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association; 2006 Annual Meeting

13 of the European Economic Association; 2004 Econometric Society European Meeting; 2004 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2002 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2001 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2000 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE); 1997 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association

PRESENTATIONS

- Presentations at Academic Meetings

August 2014 Econometric Society European Meeting, Toulouse, France; April 2014 4th AMSE Workshop in Growth and Development, University of Aix-Marseille, France; July 2013 Association for Public Economic Theory (APET), International Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal; May 2013 Overlapping Generations Days, Clermont- Ferrand, France; Oct. 2012 Macro & Aging Workshop, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich, Germany; Sep. 2012 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Göttingen, Germany; Aug. 2012 Econometric Society European Meeting, Malaga, Spain; Sep. 2011 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Frankfurt, Germany; Aug. 2011 Econometric Society European Meeting, Oslo, Norway; May 2011 Overlapping Generations Days, Vielsalm, Belgium; Aug. 2010 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Glasgow, Scotland; June 2010 Annual Meeting of the German - Polish Network “Scientists for Sustainable Development”, Heidelberg, Germany; Sep. 2009 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Magdeburg, Germany; Aug. 2009 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Barcelona, Spain; April 2009 CESifo Area Conference Public Economics, Munich, Germany; Oct. 2007 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Munich, Germany; Aug. 2007 Econometric Society European Meeting, Budapest, Hungary; Aug. 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Budapest, Hungary; Aug. 2006 Econometric Society European Meeting, Vienna, Austria; Aug. 2006 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Vienna, Austria; Sept. 2004 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Dresden, Germany; Sept. 2003 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Zurich, Switzerland; Aug. 2003 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Stockholm, Sweden; Aug. 2002 Econometric Society European Meeting, Venice, Italy; Sept. 2000 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Berlin, Germany; Aug. 2000 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Bolzano, Italy; Sept. 1999 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Mainz, Germany; Aug. 1999 Econometric Society European Meeting, Santiago de Compostella, Spain; Sept. 1998 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik),

Rostock, Germany; Sept. 1998 Econometric Society European Meeting, Berlin, Germany; Sept. 1996 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Vienna, Austria; Sept. 1996 Econometric Society European Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey; Sept. 1995 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Juan-les-Pins, France; Sept. 1995 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Prague, Czech Republic; Oct. 1994 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Jena, Germany; Sept. 1994 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Chania, Greece (total 36)

- Invited Seminars

October 2014 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; June 2014 University of Augsburg, Germany; March 2014 Swiss Federal Technical University Zurich (ETH), Switzerland; April 2013 Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; January 2013 University of Trier, Germany; December 2012 University of Mainz, Germany; May 2011 University of Antwerp, Belgium; February 2011 Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; January 2011 University of Hannover, Germany; June 2010 University of Bielefeld, Germany; June 2010 German Economic Association, Committee of Macroeconomists, Hamburg, Germany; June 2010 LEPAS – The Mechanics of Aging, Vienna, Austria; February 2010 University of Fribourg, Switzerland; July 2009 University of Augsburg, Germany; May 2009 European University Institute, Florence, Italy; March 2009 Swiss Federal Technical University Zurich (ETH), Switzerland; March 2009 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; Feb. 2009 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; December 2008 W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; November 2008 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; October 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA; July 2008 University of Dresden, Germany; Feb. 2008 University of Constance, Germany; Oct. 2007 University of Cologne, Germany; Oct. 2007 Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, Mannheim, Germany; June 2007 German Economic Association, Committee of Macroeconomists, Hamburg, Germany; June 2006 International Workshop on Innovation and Growth, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; June 2005 German Economic Association, Committee of Macroeconomists, Bonn, Germany; May 2005 University of Innsbruck, Austria; March 2004 University of Antwerp, Belgium; March 2004 University of Leuven, Belgium; Jan. 2004 University of Bern, Switzerland; June 2003 German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Committee of Macroeconomists, Bonn, Germany; Jan. 2003 University of Regensburg, Germany; Oct. 2002 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; June 2002 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; Feb. 2002 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Dec. 2001 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; June 2001 German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Committee of Macroeconomists, Bonn, Germany; June 2001 University of Cologne, Germany; May 2001 DFG - Meeting Constance, Germany; Jan. 2001 University of

Dresden, Germany; Nov. 2000 University of Munich, Germany; July 2000 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; June 2000 Free University of Berlin, Germany; March 2000 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Nov. 1999 Humboldt- University, Berlin, Germany; Oct. 1999 DFG-Meeting Heidelberg, Germany; Jan. 1999 DFG-Meeting Reisensburg, Germany; Jan. 1997 Econometric Society Winter Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal; Dec. 1996 University of Mannheim, Germany; May 1996 University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal; March 1996 University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Feb. 1996 University of Basle, Switzerland; Nov. 1995 University of Bergen, Norway; June 1995 Summer School of the European Economic Association, Florence, Italy; Feb. 1995 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany (total 57)

PRESS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES, PUBLIC LECTURES, HEARINGS, PUBLIC CONFERENCES

July 2014 "EZB – Zinspolitik: Frisst die Inflation die Ersparnisse auf?", Newspaper Interview, Luxemburger Wort, July 16, 2014, p. 76

May 2014 13th Munich Economic Summit, "Free Trade and Prosperity", Invited Participant (May 15-16, 2014)

Nov. 2013 "The Past and the Future of Economic Growth”, Talk delivered at the Outlook Lunch Conference, ING Investment Management, Luxembourg (Nov. 21, 2013)

May 2013 12th Munich Economic Summit, "Relaunching Europe", Invited Participant (May 16-17, 2013)

March 2013 "Economic Growth: Past, Present, and Future", Public Lecture Series “Science and Citizens Meet the Challenges of Sustainability”, University of Luxembourg (March 12, 2013)

Sept. 2012 "Country Report Luxembourg", Newspaper Interview, 52° NORD, Mittelstandsmagazin der Norddeutschen Landesbank (Nord/LB), 02/2012, p. 18-21

July 2012 "Wie glücklich ist das Land? - Zum Zusammenhang von Geld und Glück", Luxembourger Land (weakly paper, July 20, 2012, p. 23-24)

Nov. 2011 "Reflections on Economic Growth", Inaugural Lecture, University of Luxembourg (November 22, 2011)

July 2011 "Luxemburg - Lohnparadies an der deutschen Grenze", Radio Interview, SWR 1 Studio Mainz (July, 28, 2011)

June 2011 Hearing of Experts on the Project of the Ministry of the Environment (Bundesumweltministerium Berlin, Germany) „Eckpunkte eines ökologisch tragfähigen Wohlfahrtskonzepts als Grundlage für umweltpolitische Innovations- und Transformationsprozesse“ (June 21, 2011)

May 2011 "Endlich Wachsen!? " ("Economic Growth - finite or finally?!"), Presentation and Panel Discussion at Ökonomisches Symposium des Humbodt-Forum Wirtschaft (HUFW) „Ausgewachsen - Wachstum im Zeichen der Nachhaltigkeit”, Berlin, Germany (May 11, 2011)

March 2011 "Gewinner und Verlierer (The Recent Inflation Experience in Europe and Luxembourg) ", Newspaper Interview with Revue - De Magazin fir Letzebuerg, Luxembourg (March 30, 2011)

Jan. 2011 "Portugal und der Eurorettungsschirm (Portugal and the European Financial Stability Facility)", Radio Interview with RTL Luxembourg, Luxembourg (January 13, 2011)

Dec. 2011 "Eine solche Situation hat es noch nie gegeben (Is there a crisis of the Euro?)", Newspaper Interview with Trierischer Volksfreund, Trier, Germany (December 8, 2010) – http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/welt/themendestages/themend erzeit/Weitere-Themen-des-Tages-Eine-solche-Situation-hat-es-noch- nie-gegeben;art742,2624302

May 2010 9th Munich Economic Summit, "The Financial Crisis: The Way Forward", Invited Participant (April 29-30, 2010)

Jan. 2010 Hearing with the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderung (WBGU), Berlin, Germany (January, 21, 2010)

Nov. 2009 "Besser Wachsen" ("Growing better"), Public Lecture, Hochschule Ansbach, Germany (November 25, 2009)

May 2009 "Brauchen wir ein ständiges Wirtschaftswachstum? (Do we need ongoing economic growth)", Television Interview, Quarks & Co., WDR Television, Cologne, Germany (May 19, 2009) - http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/sendungsbeitraege/2009/0519/005_geld2.j sp?pbild=2

April 2009 "Kampf um Frieden 2 - Der Mensch in der fragmentarisierten Welt", Panel Discussion, Panel Discussion at Städtische Bühne Heidelberg,

Germany (April 22, 2009) - http://ww2.heidelberg.de/stadtblatt/2009/44_pdf_sehnsucht_31.pdf

Juli 2008 "Prof. Dr. Computer - Interaktive Software revolutioniert die Ökonomenausbildung", Newspaper Interview, Handelsblatt - http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/oekonomie/nachrichten/prof-dr- computer/2982158.html

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member of the University Council of the University of Luxembourg, since April 2014 (elected for 5 years)

Study Director, Master in Economics and Finance, Research Track, University of Luxembourg, since August 2013

Council member of the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance (DSEF) at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, since 2012

Alfred-Weber-Lecture (Dec. 2007 - Aug. 2010); Initiation and Implementation of a biannual public lecture series at the University of Heidelberg, Germany

Member of the Editorial Board, The Open Economics Journal, since January 2009

Chairman, Alfred-Weber-Society, January 2010 - September 2010 Deputy Chairman, Alfred-Weber-Society, January 2008 - January 2010

Faculty Advisor of the student delegation of the Free University of Bolzano at the Harvard World Model United Nations, Beijing, China, March 2006

Member of the Admission Committee of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (Elite Network in Bavaria), March 05

Member of the Admission Committee of the Graduate Program CEDEM, University of Mannheim, Germany, Oct. 02 - Feb. 05

Management of the Department Seminar, University of Mannheim, Germany, Oct. 02 - Sept. 04

MEMBERSHIPS

American Economic Association, European Economic Association, Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association)