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(born March 7, 1948)
President of Ifo Institute (since 1999) Director of CES – Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich (since 1991) Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich (since 1984) CEO of CESifo Inc. (since 1999)
Helmholtz-Gymnasium Bielefeld 1967; Diplom-Volkswirt 1972, Universität Münster; Dr.rer.pol. 1978, Universität Mannheim; Habilitation 1983, Univ. Mannheim.
Univ. of Western Ontario/Canada (1978/79, 1984/85), Univ. of Bergen (1987), London School of Economics (1989), Stanford Univ. (1990), Princeton Univ. (1990, 1998), Univ. of Utrecht (1991), International Monetary Fund (1991), Hebrew Univ. (Bogen professor, 1997), Univ. of Oslo (1997), Univ. of Groningen (2000), Netherland Institute for Advanced Studies (2006).
First university prize for doctoral dissertation (1979, Stiftung Rheinische Hypothekenbank); first university prize for Habilitation thesis (1984, Schitag-Stiftung); honorary professorship at Univ. of Vienna (1988); prize of Herbert Quandt Foundation (1997); honorary doctorate 1999, Univ. of Magdeburg; Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1999); Yrjö-Jahnsson Lectures, Helsinki (1999); Distinguished Scholar, Atlantic Economic Society (2000); Stevenson Lectures, Univ. of Glasgow (2000); Prize of the Advisory Council of the Union e.V. (2003); Economic Book Prize of Financial Times Deutschland and getAbstract AG (2003) International Book Price CORINE (2004); Tinbergen Lecture, Royal Netherlands Economic Association (2004); Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)(2005); Thünen-Lecture/Verein für Socialpolitik (2007); Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian Order of Merit) (2008); Europe Award, Maastricht University (2008); Gustav Stolper Prize, Verein für Socialpolitik (2008); Agnar Sandmo Lecture, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (2009); D.B Doran Lecture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2010); Honorary Doctorate, University of Helsinki (2011); 10th European Economy Lecture, College of Europe, Brügge (2011); Heinrich-Heine-Wirtschaftsprofessur, University of Düsseldorf (2011).
President, International Institute of Public Finance (presidency 2006-2009) Council of Economic Advisors, Ministry of Economics, Germany (since 1989) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Mass. (since 1989) Chairman, Economics Faculty, Univ. of Munich, 1991-1993 Chairman, Government Commission on German Housing Policy, BMBau, Bonn (1992-1994) Bavarian Academy of Sciences (since 1996) Chairman, Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association, 1997-2000) Northrhine-Westfalian Academy of Sciences (since 2001) European Economic Association, Council (1990-1994 and 1997 - 2002), Fellow (since 2004) International Institute of Public Finance, Executive Board (1995 - 2003) and Vice President (2000 - 2003) International Economic Association, Executive Committee (since 1995) European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo (since 2001)
Contributions to Public Finance (J.C.B. Mohr, Paul Siebeck), Economic Policy (senior editor), Finanzarchiv, Journal of Public Economics, De Economist, Journal of Economic Literature, Finnish Economic Papers.
9 main monographs (without edited books), 13 smaller monographs, 135 scientific articles, therof 82 in refereed international journals; in addition about 300 political contributions.
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