Research Professor in the department Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute
Fellow of the CESifo Research Network
Phone: +49(0)89/24246 5250 Fax: +49(0)89/24246 5299
Professor Konrad advises the department Human Capital and Innovation (HI) on the strategy of its research. Konrad and the HI researchers also exchange ideas regarding the political economy of the educational sector and on how dynamic market processes can be influenced.
How to Construct Europe, Departments International Institutional Comparisons and Public Finance
Choice, Competition and Autonomy of Schools: Equity and Efficiency Issues, Department Human Capital and Innovation
Konrad, Kai A. (with Jörg-Uwe Hahn, Eckhard Janeba, Max Groneck and Robert C.Plachta), "Föderalismuskommission II: Neue Schuldenregelung für Bund und Länder und Altschuldenhilfe - wie sollten die Finanzbeziehungen von Bund und Ländern neu geordnet werden?", ifo Schnelldienst 61 (9), 2008, 03-14 ( Abstract )
Konrad, Kai A., "Mobile Tax Base as a Global Common", CESifo Working Paper No. 2144, 2007 ( Download / Abstract )
Konrad, Kai A. (with Sebastian Kessing), "Time Consistency and Bureaucratic Budget Competition", CESifo Working Paper No. 1791, 2006 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Economic Journal, 118 (525), 2008, 1-15
Konrad, Kai A. (with Wolfgang Leininger), "The Generalized Stackelberg Equilibrium of the All-Pay Auction with Complete Information", CESifo Working Paper No. 1609, 2005 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Review of Economic Design, 11 (2), 2007, 165-174
Konrad, Kai A. (with Stergios Skaperdas), "The Market for Protection and the Origin of the State", CESifo Working Paper No. 1578, 2005 ( Download / Abstract )
Konrad, Kai A. (with Dan Kovenock), "Equilibrium and Efficiency in the Tug-of-War", CESifo Working Paper No. 1564, 2005 ( Download / Abstract )
Konrad, Kai A. (with Stergios Skaperdas), "Succession Rules and Leadership Rents", CESifo Working Paper No. 1534, 2005 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 51 (4), 2007, 622-645
Konrad, Kai A., "Silent Interests and All-Pay Auctions", CESifo Working Paper No. 1473, 2005 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24, 2006, 701-713
Konrad, Kai A. (with Steffen Huck and Wieland Müller), "Merger without Cost Advantages", CESifo Working Paper No. 1461, 2005 ( Download / Abstract )
Konrad, Kai A. (with Steffen Huck), "Strategic Trade Policy and Merger Profitability", CESifo Working Paper No. 948, 2003 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 106 (1), 2004, 107-122
Konrad, Kai A., "Inverse Campaigning", CESifo Working Paper No. 905, 2003 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: The Economic Journal, 114 (492), 2004, 69-82
Konrad, Kai A. (with Steffen Huck), "Strategic Trade Policy and the Home Bias in Firm Ownership Structure", CESifo Working Paper No. 892, 2003 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Japan and the World Economy, 15 (3), 2003, 299-305
Konrad, Kai A., "Altruism and Envy in Contests: An Evolutionarily Stable Symbiosis", CESifo Working Paper No. 825, 2002 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 22 (3), 2004, 479-490
Konrad, Kai A. (with Frederik Andersson), "Human Capital Investment and Globalization in Extortionary States", CESifo Working Paper No. 703, 2002 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Journal of Public Economics, 87, 2003, 1539-1555
Konrad, Kai A., "Investment in the Absence of Property Rights: The Role of Incumbency Advantages", CESifo Working Paper No. 698, 2002 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: European Economic Review, 46 (8), 2002, 1521-1537
Konrad, Kai A. (with Steffen Huck and Wieland Müller), “Profitable Horizontal Mergers without Cost Advantages: The Role of Internal Organization, Information, and Market Structure”, CESifo Working Paper No. 435, 2001 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Economica, 71 (284), 2004, 575-587