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Dr. Gunnar Lang

Gunnar Lang is senior researcher and deputy head of the ZEW research department "International Finance and Financial Management" of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. His research focuses on financial market regulation, corporate strategy, corporate finance, and real estate markets. He is involved in research projects funded by third parties such as the European Commission, federal ministries and companies. He is furthermore in charge of the Financial Market Survey China. Gunnar Lang not only presents his studies at national and international, high-level conferences but also in front of lay audiences.
He was awarded a doctoral degree from Stuttgart University in mid-2012, was a visiting researcher at Harvard Business School, Boston (US), in 2009 and 2010 and at the United States Housing and Urban Development Department in Washington, D.C., in 2010. Gunnar Lang has also been active in academia. He has held master's-level lectures on financial management and controlling at Heidelberg University. Prior to his employment at ZEW, Gunnar Lang worked in different divisions of a major German bank and for a software development company. After his training-integrated studies of Business Administration in Karlsruhe, he completed his studies of economics at Heidelberg University.

Selected Publications

Monographs, Articles in Anthologies

Lang, Gunnar (2013), Macro Attractiveness and Micro Decisions in the Mutual Fund Industry - An Empirical Analysis (forthcoming), ZEW Economic Studies, Bd. 47, Heidelberg.

Borgloh, Sarah, Konstantin Kehl, Thomas Klie, Gunnar Lang, Hans-Joachim Lincke, Gabriele Steffen, Volker Then and Peter Westerheide (2009), Zukunft Quartier - Lebensräume zum Älterwerden, Band 3: Soziale Wirkung und Social Return, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh.

Lang, Gunnar (2008), Reverse Mortgage als Alterssicherungsinstrument in Deutschland, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 86, Baden-Baden.

Lang, Gunnar and Peter Westerheide (2007), Volkswirtschaftliche Grundlagen, Finanzierung und Motive, in: Sireo Research, Portfoliotransaktionen in Europa, Heusenstamm. Download

Discussion Papers and Working Papers

Lang, Gunnar and Henry Schäfer (2013), What is the Wind Behind the Sails to Go Abroad? - Empirical Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-022, Mannheim. Download

Lang, Gunnar and Michael Schröder (2013), Do we Need a Separate Banking System? An Assessment, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-011, Mannheim. Download

Lang, Gunnar (2012), Lessons of the Financial Crisis for the Attractiveness of European Financial Centers, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-080, Mannheim. Download

Schröder, Michael, Mariela Borell, Reint Gropp, PhD, Zwetelina Iliewa, Lena Jaroszek, Gunnar Lang, Sandra Schmidt and Karl Trela (2012), The Role of Investment Banking for the German Economy, ZEW Dokumentation Nr. 12-01, Mannheim. Download

Lang, Gunnar and Matthias Köhler (2011), How Does the Domiciliation Decision Affect Mutual Fund Fees?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-085, Mannheim. Download

Köhler, Matthias and Gunnar Lang (2008), Trends im Retail-Banking: Outsourcing im deutschen Bankensektor, ZEW Dokumentation Nr. 08-04, Mannheim. Download

Köhler, Matthias and Gunnar Lang (2008), Trends im Retail-Banking: Die Bankfiliale der Zukunft, ZEW Dokumentation Nr. 08-01, Mannheim. Download

Expertises

Jaroszek, Lena, Gunnar Lang, Jesper Riedler and Michael Schröder (2011), Cumulative Effects of Measures for the Banking Sector - Impact Assessment of the Various Regulatory Initiatives Affecting the EU Banking Sector, Europäisches Parlament, Brussels, Strasbourg. Download

Schröder, Michael, Mariela Borell, Reint Gropp, PhD, Zwetelina Iliewa, Lena Jaroszek, Gunnar Lang, Sandra Schmidt and Karl Trela (2011), The Role of Investment Banking for the German Economy, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main.

Schröder, Michael, Gunnar Lang, Matthias Köhler, Lena Jaroszek and Zwetelina Iliewa (2010), Bedeutung von Investmentfonds für den privaten Anleger, BVI Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e. V., fischerAppelt, ziegler GmbH, Frankfurt am Main. Download

Prices, awards and distinctions

2013: Nachwuchs-Förderpreis,
DAI Hochschulpreis,
Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V., Frankfurt am Main

2008: Werner-Lehmann-Preis,
Wissenschaftspreis,
Verband der Privaten Bausparkassen e.V., Berlin

Organisation of academic conferences and workshops

Prof. Dr. Michael Schröder, Prof. Reint Gropp, PhD, Deutsche Bundesbank, Dr. Gunnar Lang,
Conference, Basel III and Beyond: Regulating and Supervising Banks in the Post-Crisis Era,
Eltville, Germany, 2011